Petalomyrmex

Petalomyrmex (from Greek petalos, "flattened" + myrmex, "ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[1] It contains the single species Petalomyrmex phylax, known only from Cameroon. The genus is closely related to Aphomomyrmex.[2]

Petalomyrmex
Petalomyrmex phylax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Formicinae
Tribe:
Plagiolepidini
Genus:
Petalomyrmex

Snelling, 1979
Species:
P. phylax

Snelling, 1979
Binomial name
Petalomyrmex phylax
Type species
Petalomyrmex phylax

References
  1. "Genus: Petalomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. Snelling, R. R. (1979). "Aphomomyrmex and a related new genus of arboreal African ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Contributions in Science (Los Angeles). 316: 1–8.


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