''Opamyrma hungvuong'' is a
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), ...
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 ...
found in central
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
, first described in 2008. It is the
only species in the genus ''Opamyrma''.
While originally classified in the subfamily
Amblyoponinae, it is presently considered to belong to the subfamily
Leptanillinae.
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References
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* Review of ''Opamyrma''
Leptanillinae
Insects of Vietnam
Monotypic ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
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