Atopomyrmex

Atopomyrmex is a small genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is known from the Afrotropics, where they nest in living wood and forage in the vegetation or on the ground.[3]

Atopomyrmex
A. mocquerysi worker from the Central African Republic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Myrmicinae
Tribe:
Crematogastrini
Genus:
Atopomyrmex

André, 1889
Type species
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi
André, 1889
Diversity[1]
3 species

Species
  • Atopomyrmex calpocalycola Snelling, 1992
  • Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892
  • Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

References
  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Atopomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. "Genus: Atopomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201.


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