Tranopelta

Tranopelta
	Tranopelta gilva worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Tranopelta; Mayr, 1866
Type species
	Tranopelta gilva;
Diversity[1]
	2 species

Tranopelta is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2]

Distribution

The genus is restricted to the Neotropical region, where the ants nest in soil or in the leaf litter. Tranopelta gilva is known from Costa Rica to Brazil, Tranopelta subterranea is found in Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.[3]

Species

Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866
Tranopelta subterranea (Mann, 1916)

References

Bolton, B. (2014). "Tranopelta". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
"Genus: Tranopelta". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
Fernández, F. (2003). "Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 41: 633–661.

External links

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[AntCat-1] Bolton, B. (2014). "Tranopelta". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

[AWTranopelta-2] "Genus: Tranopelta". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

[Fernandez_2003-3] Fernández, F. (2003). "Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 41: 633–661.