Adetomyrma caputleae

Adetomyrma caputleae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Adetomyrma
Species: A. caputleae
Binomial name
Adetomyrma caputleae
Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012

Adetomyrma caputleae is a species of ants belonging to the Adetomyrma genus. They are endemic to numerous areas of Madagascar.

The species was recently described by Yoshimurea & Fisher in 2012. Ants of this species are blind.[1]

References

  1. Fisher, B.L., Yoshimura, M. (2012). A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Adetomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) (PDF). Zootaxa. pp. 7, figs. 8, 11, 21, 31, 40, 49, 58, 66, 75, 76, 82, 85, 87, 89, 91, 92 (worker, queen & male described).


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