Apomyrma

Apomyrma
Apomyrma stygia worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Apomyrminae
Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988
Tribe: Apomyrmini
Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988
Genus: Apomyrma
Brown, Gotwald & Levieux 1970
Species:
A. stygia
Binomial name
Apomyrma stygia
Brown, Gotwald & Levieux 1970
Winged queen

Apomyrma stygia is a species of ant found in West Africa, first described in 1970.[1] It is the only species in the genus Apomyrma, tribe Apomyrmini, and subfamily Apomyrminae.[2] It has been suggested the ant primarily lives in tropical forests, and apparently belongs to a guild of centipede-feeding ants.[1]

  1. ^ a b Brown W. L. Jr.; W. H. Gotwald; Jean Lévieux Jr. (1970). "A new genus of ponerine ants from West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with ecological notes". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 77 (3): 259–275. doi:10.1155/1970/64703.
  2. ^ "Apomyrminae - AntCat".