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 | |
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A. mangabe worker from Madagascar | |
Scientific classification | |
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
edit- Aptinoma antongil Fisher, 2009
- Aptinoma mangabe Fisher, 2009
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Aptinoma". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Aptinoma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Media related to Aptinoma at Wikimedia Commons