Calyptomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is distributed from Africa to India and east to New Caledonia. They are mainly found in the rainforest, where they forage alone or in small numbers.[3]
| Calyptomyrmex | |
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| Calyptomyrmex beccarii worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Calyptomyrmex Emery, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Calyptomyrmex beccarii | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 37 species | |
Species edit
- Calyptomyrmex arnoldi (Forel, 1913)
- Calyptomyrmex asper Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex barak Bolton, 1981
- Calyptomyrmex beccarii Emery, 1887
- Calyptomyrmex brevis Weber, 1943
- Calyptomyrmex brunneus Arnold, 1948
- Calyptomyrmex caledonicus Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952
- Calyptomyrmex claviseta (Santschi, 1914)
- Calyptomyrmex danum Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981
- Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915
- Calyptomyrmex fragarus Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex friederikae Kutter, 1976
- Calyptomyrmex fritillus Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex grammus Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex kaurus Bolton, 1981
- Calyptomyrmex lineolus Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex loweryi Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex nedjem Bolton, 1981
- Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus Santschi, 1914
- Calyptomyrmex ocullatus Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923
- Calyptomyrmex rectopilosus Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990
- Calyptomyrmex rennefer Bolton, 1981
- Calyptomyrmex retrostriatus Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex ryderae Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex sabahensis Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981
- Calyptomyrmex singalensis Baroni Urbani, 1975
- Calyptomyrmex sparsus Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex stellatus Santschi, 1915
- Calyptomyrmex tamil Baroni Urbani, 1975
- Calyptomyrmex taylori Shattuck, 2011
- Calyptomyrmex tensus Bolton, 1981
- Calyptomyrmex vedda Baroni Urbani, 1975
- Calyptomyrmex wittmeri Baroni Urbani, 1975
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Calyptomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Calyptomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Shattuck, S. O. (2011). "Revision of the ant genus Calyptomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in South-east Asia and Oceania". Zootaxa. 2743: 1–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2743.1.1.
External links edit
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