Asphinctanilloides

Asphinctanilloides
A. amazona worker from Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Asphinctanilloides
Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
Type species
Asphinctanilloides anae
Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
Diversity[1]
3 species

Asphinctanilloides is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2] The three known species are associated with lowland Amazon and Atlantic coastal rainforest.[3] The geographical distribution of the sister genus Amyrmex, known currently from the Amazon basin of Brazil and from northern Argentina, suggests that Asphinctanilloides may be a junior synonym of Amyrmex.[4]

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Asphinctanilloides". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Asphinctanilloides". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. Ward & Brady 2009, p. 52
  4. Ward & Brady 2009, p. 53

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