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Ankylomyrmini

Ankylomyrma
Ankylomyrma coronacantha casent0005904 profile 1.jpg
A. coronacantha worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Agroecomyrmecinae
Tribe: Ankylomyrmini
Bolton, 2003
Genus: Ankylomyrma
Bolton, 1973
Species: A. coronacantha
Binomial name
Ankylomyrma coronacantha
Bolton, 1973
Type species
Ankylomyrma coronacantha

Ankylomyrma is a genus of large arboreal ants in the subfamily Agroecomyrmecinae. It contains the single species Ankylomyrma coronacantha, the sole member of the tribe Ankylomyrmini. The genus is known from Africa. Nothing is known about their biology. The genus was moved from the subfamily Myrmicinae to Agroecomyrmecinae in 2014.



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