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Nomamyrmex

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Nomamyrmex
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii media worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Nomamyrmex
Borgmeier, 1936
Type species
Eciton crassicornis
Diversity[1]
2 species

Nomamyrmex is a genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2] Its two species are distributed in the Neotropics: Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is known from southern United States to northern Argentina, and Nomamyrmex hartigii is known from Mexico to southern Brazil.[3] Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is the only known predator of mature colonies of Atta leaf-cutter ants.[4][5][6]

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References

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  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Nomamyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Nomamyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ Watkins, J. F. (1977). "The species and subspecies of Nomamyrmex (Dorylinae: Formicidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 50 (2): 203–214.
  4. ^ Swartz, Monica B. (December 1998). "Predation on an Atta cephalotes Colony by an Army Ant, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii". Biotropica. 30 (4): 682–684. Bibcode:1998Biotr..30..682S. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00110.x. S2CID 84970670.
  5. ^ Powell, S.; Clark, E. (November 2004). "Combat between large derived societies: A subterranean army ant established as a predator of mature leaf-cutting ant colonies". Insectes Sociaux. 51 (4): 342–351. doi:10.1007/s00040-004-0752-2. S2CID 25945437.
  6. ^ Souza, Jorge L.P.; Moura, Carlos A. R. (2008). "Predation of Ants and Termites by Army Ants, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Formicidae, Ecitoninae) in the Brazilian Amazon" (PDF). Sociobiology. 52 (2): 399–402. S2CID 83382512. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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