Stenammini

Tribe of ants

Stenammini
Messor barbarus queen with wings still attached
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Ashmead, 1905
Type genus
Stenamma
Westwood, 1839
Diversity[1]
c. 7 extant genera
1 fossil genus

Stenammini is a tribe of Myrmicine ants with 6 genera and 1 fossil genus. Many genera in this tribe are known to collect seeds.[1]

Genera

  • Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853
  • Goniomma Emery, 1895
  • Messor Forel, 1890
  • Novomessor Emery, 1915
  • Oxyopomyrmex André, 1881
  • Paraphaenogaster Dlussky, 1981
  • Stenamma Westwood, 1839
  • Veromessor Forel, 1917

References

  1. ^ a b Bolton, B. (2013), "An online catalog of the ants of the world.", AntCat, retrieved 17 January 2015
Taxon identifiers
Stenammini


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