Biology:Tranopelta
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Short description: Genus of ants
| Tranopelta | |
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| Tranopelta gilva worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Tranopelta Mayr, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Tranopelta gilva | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 4 species | |
Tranopelta is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2]
Distribution
The genus is restricted to the Neotropical region, where the ants nest in soil or in the leaf litter. Tranopelta gilva is known from Costa Rica to Brazil , Tranopelta subterranea is found in Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.[3]
Species
- Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866 (synonyms Tranopelta amblyops (Emery, 1894) Tranopelta heyeri (Forel, 1901))
- Tranopelta subterranea (Mann, 1916)
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Tranopelta". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429764.
- ↑ "Genus: Tranopelta". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Tranopelta&rank=genus&project=allantwebants. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Fernández, F. (2003). "Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology 41: 633–661.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10384088 entry
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