Pilotrochus

Pilotrochus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Pilotrochus besmerus.[1] It is known from Madagascar.[2]

Pilotrochus
P. besmerus worker from Madagascar
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Pilotrochus

Brown, 1978
Species:
P. besmerus
Binomial name
Pilotrochus besmerus
Brown, 1978
Type species
Pilotrochus besmerus

The name of the genus is derived from Greek plios, "hair" + trochos, "wheel"; the specific name is from Latin bes, "eight of twelve" + Greek meros, "part", referencing the eight-segmented antennae.[2]

References

  1. "Genus: Pilotrochus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. Brown, W. L., Jr. (1977). "An aberrant new genus of myrmicine ant from Madagascar". Psyche. 84: 218–224. doi:10.1155/1977/41590.


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