Ectomomyrmex

Ectomomyrmex
Ectomomyrmex insulanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Ectomomyrmex
Mayr, 1867
Type species
Ectomomyrmex javanus[1]
Mayr, 1867
Diversity[2]
27 species

Ectomomyrmex is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.[2]

Species

  • Ectomomyrmex aciculatus (Emery, 1901)
  • Ectomomyrmex acutus (Emery, 1900)
  • Ectomomyrmex aequalis Mann, 1919
  • Ectomomyrmex annamitus (André, 1892)
  • Ectomomyrmex apicalis (Smith, 1857)
  • Ectomomyrmex astutus (Smith, 1858)
  • Ectomomyrmex claudatus Menozzi, 1926
  • Ectomomyrmex exaratus (Emery, 1901)
  • Ectomomyrmex insulanus (Mayr, 1876)
  • Ectomomyrmex javanus Mayr, 1867
  • Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki (Forel, 1886)
  • Ectomomyrmex lobocarenus (Xu, 1995)
  • Ectomomyrmex melancholicus (Smith, 1865)
  • Ectomomyrmex modiglianii Emery, 1900
  • Ectomomyrmex obtusus (Emery, 1900)
  • Ectomomyrmex overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916
  • Ectomomyrmex punctatus (Karavaiev, 1935)
  • Ectomomyrmex ruficornis Clark, 1934
  • Ectomomyrmex sauteri (Forel, 1912)
  • Ectomomyrmex scobinus Wilson, 1958
  • Ectomomyrmex simillimus (Donisthorpe, 1949)
  • Ectomomyrmex striatulus (Karavaiev, 1935)
  • Ectomomyrmex striolatus (Donisthorpe, 1933)
  • Ectomomyrmex sumatranus (Özdikmen, 2010)
  • Ectomomyrmex tonkinus (Santschi, 1920)
  • Ectomomyrmex vermiculatus (Emery, 1897)
  • Ectomomyrmex zhengi Xu, 1995

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Ectomomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.


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