Acanthomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamilyMyrmicinae.[1] The genus is known from South East Asia. Its species are dimorphic, with major workers in some genera having heads twice the length (and ten times the volume) than that of the minor workers. They live in small colonies and are rarely collected in the field.[2] There are 17 species of Acanthomyrmex.[3]
^"Genus: Acanthomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
^Moffett, M. W. (1986). "Revision of the myrmicine genus Acanthomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 151: 55–89.
^ abBolton, B. (2014). "Acanthomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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acanthomyrmex, genus, ants, subfamily, myrmicinae, genus, known, from, south, east, asia, species, dimorphic, with, major, workers, some, genera, having, heads, twice, length, times, volume, than, that, minor, workers, they, live, small, colonies, rarely, coll. Acanthomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae 1 The genus is known from South East Asia Its species are dimorphic with major workers in some genera having heads twice the length and ten times the volume than that of the minor workers They live in small colonies and are rarely collected in the field 2 There are 17 species of Acanthomyrmex 3 AcanthomyrmexAcanthomyrmex concavus workerScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder HymenopteraFamily FormicidaeSubfamily MyrmicinaeTribe CrematogastriniGenus AcanthomyrmexEmery 1893Type speciesAcanthomyrmex luciolaeEmery 1893List of species EditScientific name 3 Authority Major worker picture Minor worker pictureAcanthomyrmex basispinosus Moffett 1986 Acanthomyrmex careoscrobis Moffett 1986 Acanthomyrmex concavus Moffett 1986 Acanthomyrmex crassispinus Wheeler W M 1930 Acanthomyrmex dusun Wheeler W M 1919 Acanthomyrmex ferox Emery 1893 Acanthomyrmex foveolatus Moffett 1986Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis Zhou amp Zheng 1997Acanthomyrmex humilis Eguchi Bui amp Yamane 2008 Acanthomyrmex laevis Moffett 1986Acanthomyrmex luciolae Emery 1893Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett 1986Acanthomyrmex minus Terayama Ito amp Gobin 1998Acanthomyrmex notabilis Smith F 1860Acanthomyrmex padanensis Terayama Ito amp Gobin 1998Acanthomyrmex sulawesiensis Terayama Ito amp Gobin 1998Acanthomyrmex thailandensis Terayama 1995References Edit Genus Acanthomyrmex antweb org AntWeb Retrieved 23 September 2013 Moffett M W 1986 Revision of the myrmicine genus Acanthomyrmex Hymenoptera Formicidae Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 151 55 89 a b Bolton B 2014 Acanthomyrmex AntCat Retrieved 5 July 2014 External links Edit Media related to Acanthomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons This Myrmicinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Acanthomyrmex amp oldid 1074721350, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
