Formosimyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Formosimyrma lanuyensis.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Formosimyrma Terayama, 2009 |
| Species: | F. lanuyensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Formosimyrma lanuyensis Terayama, 2009
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Distribution and habitat
editThe genus is known only from Taiwan, where it was first collected in an evergreen forest on Lanyu Island.[2]
Etymology
editThe genus name is derived from Formosa (old name of Taiwan) + myrma (Greek, "ant"); the specific name of the type species (F. lanuyensis) is derived from the type locality.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Genus: Formosimyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ a b Terayama, M. (2009). "A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera)". Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts. 17: 81–266.