Xenomyrmex | |
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Xenomyrmex stollii worker from Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Xenomyrmex Forel, 1885 |
Type species | |
Xenomyrmex stollii Forel, 1885 | |
Diversity [1] | |
3 species | |
Synonyms | |
Myrmecinella Wheeler, W.M., 1922 |
Xenomyrmex is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. [2] The genus is known from Florida (United States), the West Indies, and from Mexico to at least Panama. They nest in cavities of living or dead plants. [3]