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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Secostruma
Bolton, 1988
Species:
S. lethifera
Binomial name
Secostruma lethifera
Bolton, 1988

References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Secostruma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ 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.