Myrmecina

Myrmecina is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] It contains 51 species distributed in North America, Europe, northern Africa, India east, Korea, Japan and Australia.[3]

Not to be confused with Myrmecia (ant) or Myrmica.

Myrmecina
M. graminicola worker from Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Myrmicinae
Tribe:
Crematogastrini
Genus:
Myrmecina

Curtis, 1829
Type species
Myrmecina latreillii
Mayr, 1855
Diversity[1]
51 species
Synonyms

Archaeomyrmex Mann, 1921

Species
  • Myrmecina alpina Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina amamiana Terayama, 1996
  • Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895
  • Myrmecina atlantis Santschi, 1939
  • Myrmecina australis Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973
  • Myrmecina bandarensis Forel, 1913
  • Myrmecina brevicornis Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina butteli Forel, 1913
  • Myrmecina cacabau Mann, 1921
  • Myrmecina curtisi Donisthorpe, 1949
  • Myrmecina curvispina Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008
  • Myrmecina difficulta Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina eruga Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina flava Terayama, 1985
  • Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)
  • Myrmecina guangxiensis Zhou, 2001
  • Myrmecina hamula Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008
  • Myrmecina harrisoni Brown, 1967
  • Myrmecina inaequala Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina kaigong Terayama, 2009
  • Myrmecina mandibularis Viehmeyer, 1914
  • Myrmecina mellonii Rigato, 1999
  • Myrmecina modesta Mann, 1919
  • Myrmecina nesaea Wheeler, 1924
  • Myrmecina nipponica Wheeler, 1906
  • Myrmecina opaciventris Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina pauca Huang, Huang & Zhou, 2008
  • Myrmecina pilicornis Smith, 1858
  • Myrmecina polita Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina pumila Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina punctata Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina rugosa Forel, 1902
  • Myrmecina ryukyuensis Terayama, 1996
  • Myrmecina sauteri Forel, 1912
  • Myrmecina semipolita Forel, 1905
  • Myrmecina sicula André, 1882
  • Myrmecina silvalaeva Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina silvampla Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina silvangula Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina silvarugosa Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina silvatransversa Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina sinensis Wheeler, 1921
  • Myrmecina striata Emery, 1889
  • Myrmecina strigis Lin & Wu, 1998
  • Myrmecina sulcata Emery, 1887
  • Myrmecina taiwana Terayama, 1985
  • Myrmecina transversa Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina undulata Emery, 1900
  • Myrmecina urbanii Tiwari, 1994
  • Myrmecina vidyae Tiwari, 1994
  • Myrmecina wesselensis Shattuck, 2009

References
  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmecina". AntCat. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Myrmecina". AntWeb. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  3. S. O. Shattuck (2009). "A revision the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2146: 1–21. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2146.1.1.
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