Formosimyrma
Appearance
Formosimyrma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Formosimyrma Terayama, 2009 |
Species: | F. lanuyensis
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Binomial name | |
Formosimyrma lanuyensis Terayama, 2009
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Formosimyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Formosimyrma lanuyensis.[1]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The genus is known only from Taiwan, where it was first collected in an evergreen forest on Lanyu Island.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name is derived from Formosa (old name of Taiwan) + myrma (Greek, "ant"); the specific name of the type species (F. lanuyensis) is derived from the type locality.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Genus: Formosimyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ a b Terayama, M. (2009). "A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera)". Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts. 17: 81–266.