Scientific name Myrmicaria Order Hymenopterans | Family Formicidae Higher classification Ant Rank Genus | |
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Similar Ant, Cataulacus, Myrmoteras, Pseudolasius, Acanthomyrmex | ||
Myrmicaria brunnea 20151205b
Myrmicaria brunnea
Description
Myrmicaria can be discerned from related ant genera by a postpetiole with a complete tergosternal fusion, a postpetiole-gaster articulation shifted ventrally on the gaster, and an antenna with seven segments.
Biochemistry
Myrmicarin 430A, a heptacyclic alkaloid, was isolated from the poison glands of African Myrmicaria. The structure of its carbon skeleton was previously unknown.
References
Myrmicaria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA