Thaumatomyrmex
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Thaumatomyrmex 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:
- Thaumatomyrmex atrox Weber, 1939
- Thaumatomyrmex bariay Fontenla, 1995
- Thaumatomyrmex cochlearis Creighton, 1928
- Thaumatomyrmex contumax Kempf, 1975
- Thaumatomyrmex ferox Mann, 1922
- Thaumatomyrmex mandibularis Urbani & de Andrade, 2003
- Thaumatomyrmex mutilatus Mayr, 1887
- Thaumatomyrmex nageli Urbani & de Andrade, 2003
- Thaumatomyrmex soesilae Makhan, 2007