Onychomyrmex hedleyi

Onychomyrmex hedleyi
	Worker specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Genus:	Onychomyrmex
Species:	O. hedleyi
Binomial name
	Onychomyrmex hedleyi; Emery, 1895

Onychomyrmex hedleyi is a species of ant in the genus Onychomyrmex, which is endemic to Australia. Described by Emery in 1895, the ant is known to have similar behaviours to Army ants.[1][2]

References

Emery, C (1895). "Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 345–358.
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1960). "Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 122: 143–230.

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[1] Emery, C (1895). "Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 345–358.

[Brown_1960-2] Brown, W. L., Jr. (1960). "Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 122: 143–230.