Melophorus

Melophorus
Melophorus anderseni worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Forel, 1912
Genus: Melophorus
Lubbock, 1883
Type species
Melophorus bagoti
Lubbock, 1883
Diversity[1]
23 species
Synonyms

Erimelophorus Wheeler, 1935
Trichomelophorus Wheeler, 1935

Head view of ant Melophorus majeri specimen

Melophorus (meaning "honey carrier")[2] is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and the sole member of the tribe Melophorini.[3] The genus is endemic to Australia, where its species is common in arid and semiarid areas.[4]

Species

  • Melophorus aeneovirens (Lowne, 1865)
  • Melophorus anderseni Agosti, 1998
  • Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
  • Melophorus biroi Forel, 1907
  • Melophorus bruneus McAreavey, 1949
  • Melophorus constans Santschi, 1928
  • Melophorus curtus Forel, 1902
  • Melophorus fieldi Forel, 1910
  • Melophorus fulvihirtus Clark, 1941
  • Melophorus hirsutus Forel, 1902
  • Melophorus insularis Wheeler, 1934
  • Melophorus iridescens (Emery, 1887)
  • Melophorus laticeps Wheeler, 1915
  • Melophorus ludius Forel, 1902
  • Melophorus majeri Agosti, 1998
  • Melophorus marius Forel, 1910
  • Melophorus mjobergi Forel, 1915
  • Melophorus omniparens Forel, 1915
  • Melophorus pillipes Santschi, 1919
  • Melophorus potteri McAreavey, 1947
  • Melophorus scipio Forel, 1915
  • Melophorus turneri Forel, 1910
  • Melophorus wheeleri Forel, 1910

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Melophorus". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Schultheiss, P.; Schwarz, S.; Wystrach, A. (2010). "Nest Relocation and Colony Founding in the Australian Desert Ant, Melophorus bagoti Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2010: 1. doi:10.1155/2010/435838.
  3. ↑ "Genus: Melophorus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Schultheiss, P.; Schwarz, S.; Cheng, K.; Wehner, R. D. (2012). "Foraging ecology of an Australian salt-pan desert ant (genus Melophorus)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 60 (5): 311. doi:10.1071/ZO12096.


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