Nesomyrmex | |
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N. angulatus worker from Madagascar | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: |
Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 |
Type species | |
Nesomyrmex clavipilis Wheeler, 1910 |
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Diversity | |
53 species | |
Synonyms | |
Caulomyrma Forel, 1914 |
Caulomyrma Forel, 1914
Goniothorax Emery, 1896
Ireneopone Donisthorpe, 1946
Limnomyrmex Arnold, 1948
Meia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990
Tetramyrma Forel, 1912
Nesomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is distributed in the Neotropical, Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Most species live in arid climates, but some are known from the rainforest. They nest in soil or in trees. Little is known about their biology.