Aphomomyrmex
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| Aphomomyrmex | |
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| Aphonomyrmex afer worker from South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Aphomomyrmex Emery, 1899 |
| Species: | A. afer
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphomomyrmex afer Emery, 1899
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Aphomomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[1] It contains the single species Aphomomyrmex afer, known from Africa (Cameroon and South Africa). The genus is closely related to Petalomyrmex.[2]
References
- ^ "Genus: Aphomomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Snelling, R. R. (1979). "Aphomomyrmex and a related new genus of arboreal African ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Contributions in Science (Los Angeles). 316: 1–8.
External links
Media related to Aphomomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons
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