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Probolomyrmex

Probolomyrmex
Probolomyrmex filiformis casent0102141 profile 1.jpg
Probolomyrmex filiformis worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Proceratiinae
Tribe: Probolomyrmecini
Genus: Probolomyrmex
Mayr, 1901
Type species
Probolomyrmex filiformis
Mayr, 1901
Diversity
26 species
Synonyms

Escherichia Forel, 1910


Escherichia Forel, 1910

Probolomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae. The genus is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics.> The ants are very rare, and are rarely collected in the field, but they appear to be nesting in the leaf litter or in rotten wood. Little is known about their biology.



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