Bothriomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.[2]
| Bothriomyrmex | |
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| B. paradoxus worker from Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Bothriomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Bothriomyrmex costae Emery, 1869
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 23 species | |
Distribution and habitat edit
The genus is widely distributed in the Old World and Australia, where it is found nesting in a wide range of habitats (including grasslands, savanna woodlands, mallee forests and lowland rainforest). They nest in soil or in rotten wood.[3]
Species edit
- Bothriomyrmex anastasiae Dubovikov, 2002
- Bothriomyrmex atlantis Forel, 1894
- Bothriomyrmex breviceps Santschi, 1919
- Bothriomyrmex communistus Santschi, 1919
- Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
- Bothriomyrmex costae Emery, 1869
- Bothriomyrmex crosi Santschi, 1919
- Bothriomyrmex cuculus Santschi, 1919
- Bothriomyrmex decapitans Santschi, 1911
- Bothriomyrmex emarginatus Santschi, 1919
- Bothriomyrmex jannonei Menozzi, 1936
- Bothriomyrmex kusnezovi Emery, 1925
- Bothriomyrmex laticeps Emery, 1925
- Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)
- Bothriomyrmex modestus Radchenko, 1985
- Bothriomyrmex paradoxus Dubovikoff & Longino, 2004
- Bothriomyrmex pubens Santschi, 1919
- Bothriomyrmex regicidus Santschi, 1919
- Bothriomyrmex salsurae Donisthorpe, 1944
- Bothriomyrmex saundersi Santschi, 1922
- Bothriomyrmex syrius Forel, 1910
- Bothriomyrmex turcomenicus Emery, 1925
- Bothriomyrmex urartus Dubovikov, 2002
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Bothriomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Bothriomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ Shattuck, S.O. (1992). "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 21: 1–181.
External links edit
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