| Myrmicaria | |
|---|---|
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| M. brunnea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Myrmicaria Saunders, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842 | |
| Diversity | |
| 32 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Heptacondylus Smith, 1857 | |
Myrmicaria is an ant genus within the subfamily Myrmicinae.
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.
Myrmicarin 430A, a heptacyclic alkaloid, was isolated from the poison glands of African Myrmicaria. The structure of its carbon skeleton was previously unknown.
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