Poecilomyrma

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Poecilomyrma
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Poecilomyrma senirewae worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Poecilomyrma
Mann, 1921
Type species
Poecilomyrma senirewae
Mann, 1921
Diversity [1]
2 species

Poecilomyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. [2] Its two species are restricted to the Fijian archipelago. Although rare, the genus is known from all seven of the largest islands of Fiji. [3]

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References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Poecilomyrma". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Poecilomyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Sarnat, E. M.; Economo, E. P. (2012). "The ants of Fiji". University of California Publications in Entomology. 132: 1–384.