''Anonychomyrma'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s in the
subfamily
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Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (''Linepithema humile''), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the wor ...
.
Distribution and habitat
The genus is mainly distributed in
New Guinea
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,
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...
and
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
; a single species is known from
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
and
Indonesia
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. They nest on the ground or in trees, with
colonies
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consisting of 500 to tens of thousands individuals.
Species
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Anonychomyrma anguliceps''
(Forel, 1901)
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Anonychomyrma angusta''
(Stitz, 1911)
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Anonychomyrma arcadia''
(Forel, 1915)
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Anonychomyrma biconvexa''
(Santschi, 1928)
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Anonychomyrma dimorpha''
(Viehmeyer, 1912)
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Anonychomyrma extensa''
(Emery, 1887)
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Anonychomyrma fornicata''
(Emery, 1914)
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Anonychomyrma froggatti''
(Forel, 1902)
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Anonychomyrma gigantea''
(Donisthorpe, 1943)
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Anonychomyrma gilberti''
(Forel, 1902)
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Anonychomyrma glabrata''
(Smith, 1857)
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Anonychomyrma incisa''
(Stitz, 1932)
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Anonychomyrma inclinata''
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Anonychomyrma itinerans''
(Lowne, 1865)
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Anonychomyrma longicapitata''
(Donisthorpe, 1947)
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Anonychomyrma longiceps''
(Forel, 1907)
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Anonychomyrma malandana''
(Forel, 1915)
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Anonychomyrma minuta''
(Donisthorpe, 1943)
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Anonychomyrma murina''
(Emery, 1911)
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Anonychomyrma myrmex''
Donisthorpe, 1947
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Anonychomyrma nitidiceps''
(André, 1896)
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Anonychomyrma polita''
(Stitz, 1912)
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Anonychomyrma procidua''
(Erichson, 1842)
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Anonychomyrma purpurescens''
(Lowne, 1865)
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Anonychomyrma scrutator''
(Smith, 1859)
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Anonychomyrma sellata''
(Stitz, 1911)
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Anonychomyrma tigris''
(Stitz, 1912)
References
External links
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Dolichoderinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
Hymenoptera of Australia
Taxa named by Horace Donisthorpe
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