Trichomyrmex
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| Trichomyrmex | |
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| Trichomyrmex destructor worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Trichomyrmex rogeri | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 20 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trichomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Described by Mayr in 1865, it was revalidated as a genus by Ward et al. 2015 after numerous previous revisions.[2] These ants are native to southeastern Europe, Africa, and Asia, although some species like T. destructor are invasive elsewhere.[2]