Trichomyrmex

Trichomyrmex
Trichomyrmex destructor worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Alliance: Podomyrma genus group
Genus: Trichomyrmex
Mayr, 1865
Type species
Trichomyrmex rogeri
Diversity
20 species
Synonyms
  • Equestrimessor Santschi, 1919
  • Holcomyrmex Mayr, 1879
  • Parholcomyrmex Emery, 1915

Trichomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Described by Mayr in 1865, it was revalidated as a genus by Ward et al. 2015 after numerous previous revisions. These ants are native to southeastern Europe, Africa, and Asia, although some species like T. destructor are invasive elsewhere.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "'Trichomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ward, Philip S.; Brady, Sean G.; Fisher, Brian L.; Schultz, Ted R. (July 2014). "The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology. 40 (1): 61. Bibcode:2015SysEn..40...61W. doi:10.1111/syen.12090. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 83986771.