Acanthomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[1] The genus is known from South East Asia. Its species are dimorphic, with major workers in some genera having heads twice the length (and ten times the volume) than that of the minor workers. They live in small colonies and are rarely collected in the field.[2] There are 17 species of Acanthomyrmex.[3]
| Acanthomyrmex | |
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| Acanthomyrmex concavus worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 |
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| Acanthomyrmex luciolae Emery, 1893
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List of species edit
| Scientific name[3] | Authority | Major worker picture | Minor worker picture |
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| Acanthomyrmex basispinosus | Moffett, 1986 | 
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| Acanthomyrmex careoscrobis | Moffett, 1986 | 
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| Acanthomyrmex concavus | Moffett, 1986 | 
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| Acanthomyrmex crassispinus | Wheeler, W.M., 1930 | 
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| Acanthomyrmex dusun | Wheeler, W.M., 1919 | 
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| Acanthomyrmex ferox | Emery, 1893 | 
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| Acanthomyrmex foveolatus | Moffett, 1986 | ||
| Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis | Zhou & Zheng, 1997 | ||
| Acanthomyrmex humilis | Eguchi, Bui & Yamane, 2008 | 
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| Acanthomyrmex laevis | Moffett, 1986 | ||
| Acanthomyrmex luciolae | Emery, 1893 | ||
| Acanthomyrmex mindanao | Moffett, 1986 | ||
| Acanthomyrmex minus | Terayama, Ito & Gobin, 1998 | ||
| Acanthomyrmex notabilis | Smith, F., 1860 | ||
| Acanthomyrmex padanensis | Terayama, Ito & Gobin, 1998 | ||
| Acanthomyrmex sulawesiensis | Terayama, Ito & Gobin, 1998 | ||
| Acanthomyrmex thailandensis | Terayama, 1995 |
References edit
- ^ "Genus: Acanthomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Moffett, M. W. (1986). "Revision of the myrmicine genus Acanthomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 151: 55–89.
- ^ a b Bolton, B. (2014). "Acanthomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
External links edit
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