Calyptomyrmex
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| Calyptomyrmex | |
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| Calyptomyrmex beccarii worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Calyptomyrmex Emery, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Calyptomyrmex beccarii | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 37 species | |
Calyptomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is distributed from Africa to India and east to New Caledonia. They are mainly found in the rainforest, where they forage alone or in small numbers.[3]
