Trichomyrmex perplexus
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Trichomyrmex |
Species group: | scabriceps |
Species: | T. perplexus |
Binomial name | |
Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko, 1997) |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.
Palaearctic Region: Armenia (type locality), Greece, Iran.
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Distribution based on specimens
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Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- perplexus. Monomorium perplexum Radchenko, 1997f: 213, figs. 1-11 (w.q.m.) ARMENIA.
- Combination in Trichomyrmex: Ward, et al. 2015: 76.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. & Salata, S. 2013. Ants of Greece – additions and corrections (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 24, 335-401.
- Radchenko, A. G. 1997g. Review of the ants of scabriceps group of the genus Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 46: 211-224 (page 213, figs. 1-11 worker, queen, male described)
- Sharaf, M.R., Salman, S., Al Dhafer, H.M., Akbar, S.A., Abdel-Dayem, M.S. & Aldawood, A.S. 2016. Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 246:1-36 (DOI 10.5852/ejt.2016.246).
- Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L. & Schultz, T.R. 2014. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/syen.12090.