Thaumatomyrmex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Ponerinae
Tribus: Thaumatomyrmecini
Genus: Thaumatomyrmex
Species: T. atrox – T. bariay – T. cochlearis – T. contumax – T. ferox – T. mandibularis – T. mutilatus – T. nageli – T. soesilae

Name

Thaumatomyrmex Mayr, 1887

References

• Weber, N.A. 1942: The genus Thaumatomyrmex Mayr with description of a Venezuelan species (Hym.: Formicidae). Boletino de Entomología Venezolana, 1: 65–71.
• Brandão, C.R.F.; Diniz, J.L.M.; Tomotake, E.M. 1991: Thaumatomyrmex strips millipedes for prey: a novel predatory behaviour in ants, and the first case of sympatry in the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes sociaux, 38: 335–344.
• Kempf, W.W. 1975: A revision of the neotropical ponerine ant genus Thaumatomyrmex Mayr (Hym. Formicidae). Studia ent., 75: 95–126.
• Longino, J.T. 1988: Notes on the taxonomy of the Neotropical ant genus Thaumatomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 35-42 in: Trager, J.C. (ed.) Advances in myrmecology. E.J. Brill, New York. PDF
• Makhan, D. 2007: Thaumatomyrmex soesilae sp. nov. from Suriname (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Calodema supplementary paper, (58): 1–3.
• Baroni Urbani, C. & M. De Andrade. 2003: The ant genus Thaumatomyrmex in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with description of two new species. Mitteilungen der schweizerchen entomologischen Gesellschaft, 76: 263–277.