Biology:Nomamyrmex
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Short description: Genus of ants
| Nomamyrmex | |
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| Nomamyrmex esenbeckii media worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 1936 |
| Type species | |
| Eciton crassicornis | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 2 species | |
Nomamyrmex is a genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2] Its two species are distributed in the Neotropics: Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is known from southern United States to northern Argentina , and Nomamyrmex hartigii is known from Mexico to southern Brazil .[3] Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is the only known predator of mature colonies of Atta leaf-cutter ants.[4][5][6]
Species
- Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood, 1842)
- Nomamyrmex hartigii (Westwood, 1842)
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Nomamyrmex". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429469.
- ↑ "Genus: Nomamyrmex". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Nomamyrmex&rank=genus&project=allantwebants.
- ↑ Watkins, J. F. (1977). "The species and subspecies of Nomamyrmex (Dorylinae: Formicidae).". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 50 (2): 203–214.
- ↑ Swartz, Monica B. (December 1998). "Predation on an Atta cephalotes Colony by an Army Ant, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii". Biotropica 30 (4): 682–684. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00110.x.
- ↑ Powell, S.; Clark, E. (November 2004). "Combat between large derived societies: A subterranean army ant established as a predator of mature leaf-cutting ant colonies". Insectes Sociaux 51 (4): 342–351. doi:10.1007/s00040-004-0752-2.
- ↑ Souza, Jorge L.P.; Moura, Carlos A. R. (2008). "Predation of Ants and Termites by Army Ants, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Formicidae, Ecitoninae) in the Brazilian Amazon". Sociobiology 52 (2): 399–402. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ebdd/a4bfff521a335d192d0c84ac4838b62e940f.pdf. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4045448 entry
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