''Calyptomyrmex'' 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 ...

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

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Myrmicinae Myrmicinae is a subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily ...

. The genus is distributed from Africa to India and east to

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. They are mainly found in the

rainforest Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree Canopy (biology), canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropi ...

, where they forage alone or in small numbers.

Species

*'' Calyptomyrmex arnoldi'' (Forel, 1913) *'' Calyptomyrmex asper'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex barak'' Bolton, 1981 *'' Calyptomyrmex beccarii'' Emery, 1887 *'' Calyptomyrmex brevis'' Weber, 1943 *'' Calyptomyrmex brunneus'' Arnold, 1948 *'' Calyptomyrmex caledonicus'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex clavatus'' Weber, 1952 *'' Calyptomyrmex claviseta'' (Santschi, 1914) *'' Calyptomyrmex danum'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex duhun'' Bolton, 1981 *'' Calyptomyrmex foreli'' Emery, 1915 *'' Calyptomyrmex fragarus'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex friederikae'' Kutter, 1976 *'' Calyptomyrmex fritillus'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex grammus'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex kaurus'' Bolton, 1981 *'' Calyptomyrmex lineolus'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex loweryi'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex nedjem'' Bolton, 1981 *'' Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus'' Santschi, 1914 *'' Calyptomyrmex ocullatus'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex piripilis'' Santschi, 1923 *'' Calyptomyrmex rectopilosus'' Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990 *'' Calyptomyrmex rennefer'' Bolton, 1981 *'' Calyptomyrmex retrostriatus'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex ryderae'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex sabahensis'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex shasu'' Bolton, 1981 *'' Calyptomyrmex singalensis'' Baroni Urbani, 1975 *'' Calyptomyrmex sparsus'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex stellatus'' Santschi, 1915 *'' Calyptomyrmex tamil'' Baroni Urbani, 1975 *'' Calyptomyrmex taylori'' Shattuck, 2011 *'' Calyptomyrmex tensus'' Bolton, 1981 *'' Calyptomyrmex vedda'' Baroni Urbani, 1975 *'' Calyptomyrmex wittmeri'' Baroni Urbani, 1975

References

External links

* Myrmicinae Ant genera Taxa named by Carlo Emery {{myrmicinae-stub