Kalathomyrmex
Kalathomyrmex is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Kalathomyrmex emeryi.[1] First described as Myrmicocrypta emeryi by Forel in 1907, the species was most recently moved to its current genus by Klingenberg and Brandao in 2009.[2]
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Genus: | Kalathomyrmex Klingenberg, C. & Brandao, C. R. F., 2009 |
Species: | K. emeryi (Forel, 1907) |
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Kalathomyrmex emeryi | |
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Myrmicocrypta emeryi |
References
- "Genus: Kalathomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- Klingenberg, C. & Brandao, C. R. F., 2009, Revision of the fungus-growing ant genera Mycetophylax Emery and Paramycetophylax Kusnezov rev. stat., and description of Kalathomyrmex n. gen. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)., Zootaxa (2052), pp. 1-31: 21-22
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