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Genus of ants

Formosimyrma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Formosimyrma
Terayama, 2009
Species: F. lanuyensis
Binomial name
Formosimyrma lanuyensis
Terayama, 2009

Formosimyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Formosimyrma lanuyensis.

Distribution and habitat

The genus is known only from Taiwan, where it was first collected in an evergreen forest on Lanyu Island.

Etymology

The genus name is derived from Formosa (old name of Taiwan) + myrma (Greek, "ant"); the specific name of the type species (F. lanuyensis) is derived from the type locality.

References

  1. "Genus: Formosimyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ Terayama, M. (2009). "A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera)". Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts. 17: 81–266.
Taxon identifiers
Formosimyrma
Formosimyrma lanyuensis


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