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Typhlomyrmex

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Formicidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Subfamily
  
Ectatomminae

Typhlomyrmex

Similar
  
Heteroponera, Lachnomyrmex, Gnamptogenys, Prionopelta, Ectatomminae

Typhlomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae and the sole member of the tribe Typhlomyrmecini. Known from the Neotropics, the genus has a wide distribution. Some species are restricted in range, while for example Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi is known from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Little is known about their biology.

Species

  • Typhlomyrmex clavicornis Emery, 1906
  • Typhlomyrmex foreli Santschi, 1925
  • Typhlomyrmex major Santschi, 1923
  • Typhlomyrmex meire Lacau, Villemant & Delabie, 2004
  • Typhlomyrmex prolatus Brown, 1965
  • Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894
  • Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862
  • References

    Typhlomyrmex Wikipedia