| Acanthognathus | |
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| Acanthognathus teledectus worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Acanthognathus Mayr, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887
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Acanthognathus (Greek: ákantha = thorn, gnáthos = jaw) is a genus of ants that are found in tropical Central and South America.[2] There are 7 living species and 1 extinct species, Acanthognathus poinari, known only from fossil records.[3]
- ^ Mayr, G. (1887). Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37: 511-632.
- ^ Brown, W. L., Jr., & W. W. Kempf (1969). A Revision of the Neotropical Dacetine Ant Genus Acanthognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Psyche 76(2): 87-109.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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