Plectroctena
Encyclopedia
Plectroctena is a genus
of ant
s, containing the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of ant
Ant
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...
s, containing the following species:
- Plectroctena anops Bolton, 1974
- Plectroctena conjugata Santschi, 1914
- Plectroctena cristata Emery, 1899
- Plectroctena cryptica Bolton, 1974
- Plectroctena dentata Santschi, 1912
- Plectroctena gabonensis Santschi, 1919
- Plectroctena gestroi Menozzi, 1922
- Plectroctena hastifera (Santschi, 1914)
- Plectroctena laevior Stitz, 1924
- Plectroctena latinodis Santschi, 1924
- Plectroctena lygaria Bolton, Gotwald & Leroux, 1979
- Plectroctena macgeei Bolton, 1974
- Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, 1858
- Plectroctena minor Emery, 1892
- Plectroctena strigosa Emery, 1899
- Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915
- Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi, 1933