Cylindromyrmex
Cylindromyrmex whymperi worker form Isabela Island, Galápagos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Cylindromyrmex
Mayr, 1870
Type species
Cylindromyrmex striatus
Mayr, 1870
Diversity[1]
13 species
Synonyms

Holcoponera Cameron, 1891
Hypocylindromyrmex Wheeler, 1924
Metacylindromyrmex Wheeler, 1924

Cylindromyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.

Distribution and habitat

The genus is known from the New World, from Central America to Brazil, Bolivia and the Galápagos Islands,[2] and currently contains 10 extant species and 3 fossil species.[3] The fossil species, all described from single or a small number of specimens, were found in Dominican amber.[4] Their nesting place include cavities of wood and even termite nests.[2] Like their nesting habits, their feeding habits are not fully know, but they are said to be predators of termites.[5][6]

Species

  • †Cylindromyrmex antillanus De Andrade, 1998
  • Cylindromyrmex boliviae Wheeler, 1924
  • Cylindromyrmex brasiliensis Emery, 1901
  • Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus Santschi, 1925
  • Cylindromyrmex darlingtoni Wheeler, 1937
  • †Cylindromyrmex electrinus De Andrade, 1998
  • Cylindromyrmex escobari De Andrade, 1998
  • Cylindromyrmex godmani Forel, 1899
  • †Cylindromyrmex inopinatus De Andrade, 2001
  • Cylindromyrmex longiceps André, 1892
  • Cylindromyrmex meinerti Forel, 1905
  • Cylindromyrmex striatus Mayr, 1870
  • Cylindromyrmex whymperi (Cameron, 1891)

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Cylindromyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Brown 1975, p. 38.
  3. ↑ "Genus: Cylindromyrmex". AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ↑ De Andrade 2001, p. 51.
  5. ↑ De Andrade 1998, p. 581.
  6. ↑ De Andrade 1998, p. 654.
  • Brown, W. L. Jr. (1975), "Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini", Search: Agriculture - Entomology (Ithaca), 5 (1): 1–115
  • De Andrade, M. L (1998), "Fossil and extant species of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)", Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 105: 581–664, doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80052
  • De Andrade, M. L (2001), "A remarkable Dominican amber species of Cylindromyrmex with Brazilian affinities and additions to the generic revision (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)", Beiträge zur Entomologie, 51: 51–63


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