Simopelta
Encyclopedia
Simopelta 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:
- Simopelta andersoni MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta bicolor Borgmeier, 1950
- Simopelta breviscapa MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta curvata (Mayr, 1887)
- Simopelta fernandezi MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta jeckylli (Mann, 1916)
- Simopelta laevigata MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta laticeps Gotwald & Brown, 1967
- Simopelta longinoda MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta longirostris MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta manni Wheeler, 1935
- Simopelta mayri MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta minima (Brandao, 1989)
- Simopelta oculata Gotwald & Brown, 1967
- Simopelta paeminosa Snelling, 1971
- Simopelta pentadentata
- Simopelta pergandei (Forel, 1909)
- Simopelta quadridentata MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta transversa MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta vieirai MacKay & MacKay, 2008
- Simopelta williamsi Wheeler, 1935