Megalomyrmex

Megalomyrmex
M. symmetochus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Megalomyrmex
Forel, 1885
Type species
Megalomyrmex leoninus
Diversity[1]
44 species
Synonyms

Cepobroticus Wheeler, 1925[2]
Wheelerimyrmex Mann, 1922[2]

Megalomyrmex is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known only from the Neotropics, where some of the species are specialized parasites or predators of Attini.[1][3]

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