''Myrmoxenus'' is a
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
ant
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 22,0 ...
s in the
subfamily Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent an ...
.
The genus was synonymized under ''
Temnothorax
''Temnothorax'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains more than 380 species.
Biology
The workers of ''Temnothorax'' species are generally small. Colonies are typically monogynous, although facultative polygyny has been do ...
'' by Ward ''et al.'' (2015),
but the change was not accepted by Heinze ''et al.'' (2015) due to insufficient available data.
Species
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Myrmoxenus adlerzi''
(Douwes, Jessen & Buschinger, 1988)
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Myrmoxenus africana''
(Bernard, 1948)
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Myrmoxenus algeriana''
(Cagniant, 1968)
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Myrmoxenus bernardi''
(Espadaler, 1982)
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Myrmoxenus birgitae''
(Schulz, 1994)
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Myrmoxenus corsica''
(Emery, 1895)
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Myrmoxenus gordiagini
''Myrmoxenus gordiagini'' is a species of slave-making ant in the genus ''Myrmoxenus
''Myrmoxenus'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; their distribution is c ...
''
Ruzsky, 1902
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Myrmoxenus kraussei''
(Emery, 1915)
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Myrmoxenus ravouxi''
(André, 1896) Ravoux's slavemaker ant
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Myrmoxenus stumperi''
(Kutter, 1950)
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Myrmoxenus tamarae''
(Arnol'di, 1968)
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Myrmoxenus zaleskyi''
(Sadil, 1953)
References
External links
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Myrmicinae
Ant genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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