Biology:Petalomyrmex
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Short description: Genus of ants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Petalomyrmex Snelling, 1979 |
| Species: | P. phylax
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| Petalomyrmex phylax Snelling, 1979
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Petalomyrmex (from Greek petalos, "flattened" + myrmex, "ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[1] It contains the single species Petalomyrmex phylax, known only from Cameroon. The genus is closely related to Aphomomyrmex.[2]
References
- ↑ "Genus: Petalomyrmex". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Petalomyrmex&rank=genus&project=allantwebants. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Snelling, R. R. (1979). "Aphomomyrmex and a related new genus of arboreal African ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).". Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 316: 1–8.
External links
Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry
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