Biology:Teratomyrmex

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Short description: Genus of ants

Teratomyrmex
Teratomyrmex greavesi casent0102382 profile 1.jpg
Teratomyrmex greavesi worker from Australia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Genus: Teratomyrmex
McAreavey, 1957
Type species
Teratomyrmex greavesi
Diversity[1]
3 species

Teratomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus is known only from forested areas on the east coast of Australia .[3]

Species

  • Teratomyrmex greavesi McAreavey, 1957
  • Teratomyrmex substrictus Shattuck & O'Reilly, 2013
  • Teratomyrmex tinae Shattuck & O'Reilly, 2013

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Teratomyrmex". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429180. 
  2. "Genus: Teratomyrmex". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Teratomyrmex&rank=genus&project=allantwebants. 
  3. Shattuck, S. O.; O'Reilly, A.J. (2013). "Revision of the Australian endemic ant genera Pseudonotoncus and Teratomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae).". Zootaxa 3669 (3): 287–301. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3669.3.5. PMID 26312343. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14934637 entry