Biology:Dolopomyrmex
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Short description: Genus of ants
| Dolopomyrmex | |
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| Dolopomyrmex pilatus worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Dolopomyrmex Cover & Deyrup, 2007 |
| Species: | D. pilatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dolopomyrmex pilatus Cover & Deyrup, 2007
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Dolopomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Dolopomyrmex pilatus.[1]
Distribution and habitat
The genus is known from the western and the southwestern United States , where the ants live in arid desert habitats, likely with an almost exclusively subterranean life style.[2]
Etymology
The genus name is derived from ancient Greek dolops, dolopos ("lurker in ambush") + Greek myrmex, myrmekos ("ant"); the specific name of the type species (D. pilatus) is derived from the pilum (a javelin commonly used by the Roman army), making Dolopomyrmex pilatus the "spear-bearing ambush ant".[2]
References
- ↑ "Genus: Dolopomyrmex". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Dolopomyrmex&rank=genus&project=allantwebants. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cover, S. P; Deyrup, M. (2007). "A new ant genus from the southwestern United States.". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 89–99.
External links
Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry
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