Kalathomyrmex
Genus of ants
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Kalathomyrmex is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Kalathomyrmex emeryi.[1] First described as Myrmicocrypta emeryi by Forel in 1907, the species was most recently moved to its current genus by Klingenberg and Brandao in 2009.[2]
| Kalathomyrmex | |
|---|---|
| Kalathomyrmex emeryi worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Kalathomyrmex Klingenberg, C. & Brandao, C. R. F., 2009 |
| Species: | K. emeryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Kalathomyrmex emeryi (Forel, 1907) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Myrmicocrypta emeryi Forel (type species of Kalathomyrmex) | |