Cheliomyrmex
Cheliomyrmex megalonyx major worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Cheliomyrmex
Mayr, 1870
Type species
Cheliomyrmex nortoni
Mayr, 1870
Diversity[1]
4 species

Cheliomyrmex is a New World genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2] In Central America, C. morosus is known from Mexico to Honduras, and Panama. C. andicola, C. audax, C. ursinus and C. megalonyx are known from Colombia and further into South America.[3]

Species

  • Cheliomyrmex andicola Emery, 1894
  • Cheliomyrmex audax Santschi, 1921
  • Cheliomyrmex megalonyx Wheeler, 1921
  • Cheliomyrmex morosus (Smith, 1859)

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Cheliomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Cheliomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. Berghoff, Stefanie M.; Franks, Nigel R. (2007). "First Record of the Army Ant Cheliomyrmex morosus in Panama and its High Associate Diversity". Biotropica. 39 (6): 771–773. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00302.x. S2CID 62833901.


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