Apomyrma
Apomyrma stygia is a species of ant found in West Africa, first described in 1970.[1] It is the only species in the genus Apomyrma, tribe Apomyrmini, and subfamily Apomyrminae.[2] It has been suggested the ant primarily lives in tropical forests, and apparently belongs to a guild of centipede-feeding ants.[1]
| Apomyrma | |
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| Apomyrma stygia worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Apomyrminae |
| Tribe: | Apomyrmini Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988 |
| Genus: | Apomyrma Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988 |
| Species: | A. stygia |
| Binomial name | |
| Apomyrma stygia Brown, Gotwald & Levieux 1970 | |
References
- Brown W. L. Jr.; W. H. Gotwald; Jean Lévieux Jr. (1970). "A new genus of ponerine ants from West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with ecological notes". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 77 (3): 259–275. doi:10.1155/1970/64703.
- "Apomyrminae - AntCat".
External links
- Saux, Corrie; Fisher, Brian L.; Spicer, Greg S. (November 2004). "Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33 (2): 457–468. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.06.017. PMID 15336679.
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