Gauromyrmex

Gauromyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus contains two species, known from the Indomalayan realm.[1] According to Bolton (2003), there are a further five or six undescribed species in the collections of the Natural History Museum in London.[3]

Gauromyrmex
G. bengakalisi worker from Indonesia
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Gauromyrmex

Menozzi, 1933
Type species
Gauromyrmex bengakalisi
Menozzi, 1933
Diversity[1]
2 species
Synonyms

Acalama Smith, 1949
Solenomyrma Karavaiev, 1935

Species

  • Gauromyrmex acanthinus (Karavaiev, 1935)
  • Gauromyrmex bengakalisi Menozzi, 1933

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Gauromyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. "Genus: Gauromyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Bolton, B. (2003). "Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 71: 269.


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