Ankylomyrma
Genus of ants
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Ankylomyrma, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos), meaning "curved", and μύρμηξ (múrmēx), meaning "ant", is a genus of large arboreal ants in the subfamily Agroecomyrmecinae. It contains the single species Ankylomyrma coronacantha, the sole member of the tribe Ankylomyrmini.[1] The genus is known from Africa. Nothing is known about their biology.[2] The genus was moved from the subfamily Myrmicinae to Agroecomyrmecinae in 2014.[3]
| Ankylomyrma | |
|---|---|
| |
| A. coronacantha worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Agroecomyrmecinae |
| Tribe: | Ankylomyrmini Bolton, 2003 |
| Genus: | Ankylomyrma Bolton, 1973 |
| Species: | A. coronacantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton, 1973 | |
