Gesomyrmex

Gesomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[1] The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm,[2] and nine fossil species.[3] Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (G. chaperi, G. howardi, G. kalshoveni and G. spatulatus) and two only from females (G. luzonensis and G. tobiasi).[4] The extinct species "G. expectans" and "G. miegi", formerly placed in the genus, were excluded by Dlussky et al.., 2009.

Gesomyrmex
Temporal range: Lutetian-Present
G. howardi worker from China
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Gesomyrmecini
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Gesomyrmex

Mayr, 1868
Type species
Gesomyrmex hoernesi
Mayr, 1868
Synonyms

Dimorphomyrmex André, 1892
Gaesomyrmex Dalla Torre, 1893

The living species are arboreal typically building nests in the twigs of trees.[3]

Species

References

  1. "Genus: Gesomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. Bolton, B. (2014). "Gesomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. Dlussky, G.M.; Rasnitsyn, A.P.; Perfilieva, K.S. (2015). "The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East)" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 11 (1): 131–152. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-131-152.
  4. Dubovikov, D. A. (2004). "A new species of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Vietnam". Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva. 75 (1): 219–221.


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