''Anomalomyrma'' is an Asian

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of ants in the subfamily

Leptanillinae Leptanillinae is a subfamily of ants. They are further divided into the tribes Anomalomyrmini and Leptanillini. In all Leptanillini, the larvae feed their hemolymph to the queen through specialized processes on their prothoraces and third abdo ...

. The genus was originally described in 1990 with the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

''Anomalomyrma taylori'', based on a single

dealate Alate (Latin ''ālātus'', from ''āla'' (“wing”)) is an adjective and noun used in entomology and botany to refer to something that has wings or winglike structures. In entomology In entomology, "alate" usually refers to the winged form o ...

queen from

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java Isl ...

. Workers were unknown until 2011, when two new species were described from

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

and the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Species

* ''

Anomalomyrma boltoni ''Anomalomyrma'' is an Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae. The genus was originally described in 1990 with the type species ''Anomalomyrma taylori'', based on a single dealate queen from Borneo. Workers were unknown until 2011, w ...

'' Borowiec, ''et al''. 2011 –

Cameron Highlands The Cameron Highlands ( ms, Tanah Tinggi Cameron, , ta, கேமரன் மலை) is a district in Pahang, Malaysia, occupying an area of . To the north, its boundary touches that of Kelantan; to the west, it shares part of its border with ...

, Peninsular Malaysia * ''

Anomalomyrma helenae ''Anomalomyrma'' is an Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae. The genus was originally described in 1990 with the type species ''Anomalomyrma taylori'', based on a single dealate queen from Borneo. Workers were unknown until 2011, w ...

'' Borowiec, ''et al''. 2011 – El Nido region of

Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

, Philippines * ''

Anomalomyrma taylori ''Anomalomyrma'' is an Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae. The genus was originally described in 1990 with the type species ''Anomalomyrma taylori'', based on a single dealate queen from Borneo. Workers were unknown until 2011, w ...

'' Bolton, 1990 –

Kinabalu Park Kinabalu Park ( ms, Taman Kinabalu), established as one of the first national parks of Malaysia in 1964, is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO in December 2000 for its "outstanding universal values" and the role as one of ...

Sabah Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

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* Leptanillinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of Asia {{ant-stub