Aphomomyrmex

Aphomomyrmex
Aphonomyrmex afer worker from South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus:
Emery, 1899
Species:
A. afer
Binomial name
Aphomomyrmex afer
Emery, 1899

Aphomomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[1] It contains the single species Aphomomyrmex afer, known from Africa (Cameroon and South Africa). The genus is closely related to Petalomyrmex.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Aphomomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ Snelling, R. R. (1979). "Aphomomyrmex and a related new genus of arboreal African ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Contributions in Science (Los Angeles). 316: 1–8.


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