''Alfaria'' is a genus of

ants Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...

in the subfamily

Ectatomminae Ectatomminae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing four extant and three extinct genera in two tribes. The subfamily was described in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided the Ponerinae Ponerinae, the ponerine a ...

. They are found in

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, and

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. The genus was synonymized under ''

Gnamptogenys ''Gnamptogenys'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae. The genus has a wide distribution. It is known to occur in the Nearctic, Neotropic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Camacho et al, 2022 revised this genus, significantly redu ...

'' for a long time, however Camacho et al. 2022 reinstated the validity of this genus.

Species

As of 2024, ''Alfaria'' contains 9 valid

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

, all of which are extant. *''

Alfaria caelata The taxonomic name ''Alfaria'' may refer to: * ''Alfaria'' (ant), a genus of ants * ''Alfaria'' (fungus), a genus of fungi {{Genus disambiguation ...

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Alfaria falcifera The taxonomic name ''Alfaria'' may refer to: * ''Alfaria'' (ant), a genus of ants * ''Alfaria'' (fungus), a genus of fungi {{Genus disambiguation ...

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Alfaria fieldi The taxonomic name ''Alfaria'' may refer to: * ''Alfaria'' (ant), a genus of ants * ''Alfaria'' (fungus), a genus of fungi {{Genus disambiguation ...

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Alfaria minuta The taxonomic name ''Alfaria'' may refer to: *Alfaria (ant), ''Alfaria'' (ant), a genus of ants *Alfaria (fungus), ''Alfaria'' (fungus), a genus of fungi {{Genus disambiguation ...

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Alfaria petiscapa The taxonomic name ''Alfaria'' may refer to: * ''Alfaria'' (ant), a genus of ants * ''Alfaria'' (fungus), a genus of fungi {{Genus disambiguation ...

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Alfaria piei The taxonomic name ''Alfaria'' may refer to: * ''Alfaria'' (ant), a genus of ants * ''Alfaria'' (fungus), a genus of fungi {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' *'' Alfaria simulans'' *''

Alfaria striolata The taxonomic name ''Alfaria'' may refer to: * ''Alfaria'' (ant), a genus of ants * ''Alfaria'' (fungus), a genus of fungi {{Genus disambiguation ...

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Alfaria vriesi The taxonomic name ''Alfaria'' may refer to: * ''Alfaria'' (ant), a genus of ants * ''Alfaria'' (fungus), a genus of fungi {{Genus disambiguation ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q118460899 Taxa named by Carlo Emery Insects described in 1896 Ectatomminae Ant genera