Ankylomyrma is a genus of large arboreal ants in the subfamily Agroecomyrmecinae. It contains the single species Ankylomyrma coronacantha, the sole member of the tribe Ankylomyrmini.[1] The genus is known from Africa. Nothing is known about their biology.[2] The genus was moved from the subfamily Myrmicinae to Agroecomyrmecinae in 2014.[3]

Ankylomyrma
A. coronacantha worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Agroecomyrmecinae
Tribe: Ankylomyrmini
Bolton, 2003
Genus: Ankylomyrma
Bolton, 1973
Species:
A. coronacantha
Binomial name
Ankylomyrma coronacantha
Bolton, 1973

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  1. ^ "Genus: Ankylomyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ Bolton, B. (1981). "A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. 43 (4): 245–307.
  3. ^ Ward, Philip S.; Brady, Sean G.; Fisher, Brian L.; Schultz, Ted R. (July 2014). "The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 39 (4): 61–81. doi:10.1111/syen.12090. ISSN 1365-3113.
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