Secostruma is a genus of subterranean ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Secostruma lethifera.[1] The genus is known from a single worker collected in Gunong Silam, Sabah, Malaysia.[2]
Secostruma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Secostruma Bolton, 1988 |
Species: | S. lethifera
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Binomial name | |
Secostruma lethifera Bolton, 1988
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References
edit- ^ "Genus: Secostruma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Bolton, B. (1988). "Secostruma, a new subterranean tetramoriine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology. 13 (3): 263–270. Bibcode:1988SysEn..13..263B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1988.tb00243.x.