Alfaria | |
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Alfaria minuta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Alfaria Emery, 1896 |
Type species | |
Alfaria simulans Emery, 1896
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Diversity[1] | |
9 species |
Alfaria is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae. They are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[2] The genus was synonymized under Gnamptogenys for a long time, however Camacho et al. 2022 reinstated the validity of this genus.[3]