Aptinoma is a small genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.[2] Its two species are known only from Antongil Bay, Madagascar.[3]

Aptinoma
A. mangabe worker from Madagascar
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Tapinomini
Genus: Aptinoma
Fisher, 2009
Type species
Aptinoma mangabe
Diversity[1]
2 species

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Aptinoma". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Aptinoma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ Brian, L. Fisher (2009). "Two new dolichoderine ant genera from Madagascar: Aptinoma gen. n. and Ravavy gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2118: 37–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2118.1.3.
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