Stereomyrmex | |
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Stereomyrmex horni worker | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: |
Stereomyrmex Emery, 1901 |
Type species | |
Stereomyrmex horni Emery, 1901
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Diversity [1] | |
3 species | |
Synonyms | |
Willowsiella Wheeler, 1934 |
Stereomyrmex is a genus of myrmicine ants. Two of the described species are known from only a single worker, making this one of the rarest groups of ants in the world. [2]
The single specimen of S. anderseni was caught in a pitfall trap, and nothing is known about its biology.[ citation needed]
Stereomyrmex is probably the sister taxon to Romblonella. Closely related genera are Leptothorax and Cardiocondyla. [3]
Stereomyrmex dispar is 3.2 mm long and black, with yellowish brown mandibles, antennae, legs and terminal segments of gaster. S. anderseni is only 2 mm long, has a very different petiolar and postpetiolar structure and is paler in color. [3]
Stereomyrmex dispar has been described from a single worker, taken in 1933 on Bellona Island, Solomon Islands; no other specimen has since been found, and it is unlikely that the species is truly endemic to Bellona. S. anderseni is known from a single worker as well. [3] S. horni was collected under rocks in Sri Lanka. [4]
The genus was originally named in honor of Maurice Willows Jr., who collected the type specimen of S. dispar. [5] S. anderseni was collected by A.N. Andersen. S. horni was collected by W. Horn.[ citation needed]
Stereomyrmex | |
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Stereomyrmex horni worker | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: |
Stereomyrmex Emery, 1901 |
Type species | |
Stereomyrmex horni Emery, 1901
| |
Diversity [1] | |
3 species | |
Synonyms | |
Willowsiella Wheeler, 1934 |
Stereomyrmex is a genus of myrmicine ants. Two of the described species are known from only a single worker, making this one of the rarest groups of ants in the world. [2]
The single specimen of S. anderseni was caught in a pitfall trap, and nothing is known about its biology.[ citation needed]
Stereomyrmex is probably the sister taxon to Romblonella. Closely related genera are Leptothorax and Cardiocondyla. [3]
Stereomyrmex dispar is 3.2 mm long and black, with yellowish brown mandibles, antennae, legs and terminal segments of gaster. S. anderseni is only 2 mm long, has a very different petiolar and postpetiolar structure and is paler in color. [3]
Stereomyrmex dispar has been described from a single worker, taken in 1933 on Bellona Island, Solomon Islands; no other specimen has since been found, and it is unlikely that the species is truly endemic to Bellona. S. anderseni is known from a single worker as well. [3] S. horni was collected under rocks in Sri Lanka. [4]
The genus was originally named in honor of Maurice Willows Jr., who collected the type specimen of S. dispar. [5] S. anderseni was collected by A.N. Andersen. S. horni was collected by W. Horn.[ citation needed]