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Usomyrma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Formicidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Subfamily
  
Dolichoderinae

Usomyrma

Similar
  
Ctenobethylus, Leptomyrmex, Anonychomyrma, Liometopum, Myrmeciinae

Usomyrma is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains a single species Usomyrma mirabilis. The new genus is due to the differences of the ants based on two male specimens that were once presumed to be a part of the genus Leptomyrmex.

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Usomyrma Wikipedia