Myrmicaria is an ant genus within the subfamily Myrmicinae.
| Myrmicaria | |
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| M. brunnea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Myrmicaria Saunders, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 32 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Heptacondylus Smith, 1857 | |
Description
editMyrmicaria can be discerned from related ant genera by a postpetiole with a complete tergosternal fusion, a postpetiole-gaster articulation shifted ventrally on the gaster, and an antenna with seven segments.[2]
Biochemistry
editMyrmicarin 430A, a heptacyclic alkaloid, was isolated from the poison glands of African Myrmicaria. The structure of its carbon skeleton was previously unknown.[3]
Species
edit- Myrmicaria anomala Arnold, 1960
- Myrmicaria arachnoides (Smith, 1857)
- Myrmicaria arnoldi Santschi, 1925
- Myrmicaria basutorum Arnold, 1960
- Myrmicaria baumi Forel, 1901
- Myrmicaria birmana Forel, 1902
- Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842
- Myrmicaria carinata (Smith, 1857)
- Myrmicaria castanea Crawley, 1924
- Myrmicaria distincta Santschi, 1925
- Myrmicaria exigua Andre, 1890
- Myrmicaria faurei Arnold, 1947
- Myrmicaria fodica (Jerdon, 1851)
- Myrmicaria foreli Santschi, 1925
- Myrmicaria fumata Santschi, 1916
- Myrmicaria fusca Stitz, 1911
- Myrmicaria irregularis Santschi, 1925
- Myrmicaria laevior Forel, 1910
- Myrmicaria lutea Emery, 1900
- Myrmicaria melanogaster Emery, 1900
- Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, 1858)
- Myrmicaria nigra (Mayr, 1862)
- Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery, 1893
- Myrmicaria reichenspergeri Santschi, 1925
- Myrmicaria rhodesiae Arnold, 1958
- Myrmicaria rugosa (Smith, 1860)
- Myrmicaria rustica Santschi, 1925
- Myrmicaria salambo Wheeler, 1922
- Myrmicaria striata Stitz, 1911
- Myrmicaria striatula Santschi, 1925
- Myrmicaria tigreensis (Guerin-Meneville, 1849)
- Myrmicaria vidua Smith, 1858
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmicaria". AntCat. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ Tree of Life Web Project. 2004. Myrmicaria. Version 4 October 2004 (temporary). in The Tree of Life Web Project
- ^ Schröder, F.; Baumann, H.; Kaib, M. & Sinnwell, V. (1996): Myrmicarin 430A: a new heptacyclic alkaloid from Myrmicaria ants. Chem. Commun. 1996: 2139-2140. doi:10.1039/CC9960002139
External links
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