Xenomyrmex

Xenomyrmex
Xenomyrmex stollii worker from Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Alliance: Cataulacus genus group
Genus: Xenomyrmex
Forel, 1885
Type species
Xenomyrmex stollii
Forel, 1885
Diversity
4 species
Synonyms

Myrmecinella Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Xenomyrmex is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known from Florida (United States), the West Indies, and from Mexico to at least Panama. They nest in cavities of living or dead plants.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Xenomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Xenomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Ettershank, G. (1966). "A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 14: 73–171. doi:10.1071/zo9660073.