Stenammini
| Stenammini | |
|---|---|
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| Messor barbarus queen with wings still attached | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini Ashmead, 1905 |
| Type genus | |
| Stenamma Westwood, 1839 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| c. 7 extant genera 1 fossil genus | |
Stenammini is a tribe of Myrmicine ants with 6 genera and 1 fossil genus. Many genera in this tribe are known to collect seeds.[1]
Genera
[edit]Extant
[edit]- Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853
- Goniomma Emery, 1895
- Messor Forel, 1890
- Novomessor Emery, 1915
- Oxyopomyrmex André, 1881
- Stenamma Westwood, 1839
- Veromessor Forel, 1917
Extinct
[edit]- †Paraphaenogaster Dlussky, 1981
References
[edit]- 1 2 Bolton, B. (2013), "An online catalog of the ants of the world.", AntCat, retrieved 17 January 2015