Apomyrminae

<i>Apomyrma</i>

Apomyrma

Genus of ants

Apomyrma stygia is a species of ant found in West Africa, first described in 1970.[1] It is the only species in the genus Apomyrma, tribe Apomyrmini, and subfamily Apomyrminae.[2] It has been suggested the ant primarily lives in tropical forests, and apparently belongs to a guild of centipede-feeding ants.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Brown W. L. Jr.; W. H. Gotwald; Jean Lévieux Jr. (1970). "A new genus of ponerine ants from West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with ecological notes". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 77 (3): 259–275. doi:10.1155/1970/64703.
  2. [2]
    "Apomyrminae - AntCat".
  • Saux, Corrie; Fisher, Brian L.; Spicer, Greg S. (November 2004). "Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33 (2): 457–468. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.06.017. PMID 15336679.
  • Media related to Apomyrma stygia at Wikimedia Commons


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