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Short description: Genus of ants
| Notoncus | |
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| Notoncus ectatommoides worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Melophorini |
| Genus: | Notoncus Emery, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Camponotus ectatommoides | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 6 species | |
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Notoncus is an Australian genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus is known from Australia (one species is also known from Papua New Guinea), where the ants nest in the soil or on the ground under stones and logs in forested areas. The ants are also common in gardens and parks.[3]
Species
The genus includes the following six species:
- Notoncus capitatus Forel, 1915
- Notoncus ectatommoides (Forel, 1892)
- Notoncus enormis Szabo, 1910
- Notoncus gilberti Forel, 1895
- Notoncus hickmani Clark, 1930
- Notoncus spinisquamis (Andre, 1896)
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Notoncus". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429232.
- ↑ "Genus: Notoncus". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Notoncus&rank=genus&project=allantwebants.
- ↑ Shattuck, S. (2000). Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 99–101. ISBN 978-0-643-06659-5.
Wikidata ☰ Q10337706 entry
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