Nomamyrmex

Nomamyrmex
N. esenbeckii media worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Nomamyrmex
Borgmeier, 1936
Type species
Eciton crassicornis
Diversity[1]
2 species

Nomamyrmex is a genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2] Its two species are distributed in the Neotropics: Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is known from southern United States to northern Argentina, and Nomamyrmex hartigii is known from Mexico to southern Brazil.[3]

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Nomamyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Nomamyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. Watkins, J. F. (1977). "The species and subspecies of Nomamyrmex (Dorylinae: Formicidae).". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 50 (2): 203–214.
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