Formosimyrma | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: |
Formosimyrma Terayama, 2009 |
Species: | F. lanuyensis
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Binomial name | |
Formosimyrma lanuyensis Terayama, 2009
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Formosimyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Formosimyrma lanuyensis. [1]
The genus is known only from Taiwan, where it was first collected in an evergreen forest on Lanyu Island. [2]
The genus name is derived from Formosa (old name of Taiwan) + myrma ( Greek, "ant"); the specific name of the type species (F. lanuyensis) is derived from the type locality. [2]
Formosimyrma | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: |
Formosimyrma Terayama, 2009 |
Species: | F. lanuyensis
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Binomial name | |
Formosimyrma lanuyensis Terayama, 2009
|
Formosimyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Formosimyrma lanuyensis. [1]
The genus is known only from Taiwan, where it was first collected in an evergreen forest on Lanyu Island. [2]
The genus name is derived from Formosa (old name of Taiwan) + myrma ( Greek, "ant"); the specific name of the type species (F. lanuyensis) is derived from the type locality. [2]