Octostruma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is found in the Neotropics.[3]
| Octostruma | |
|---|---|
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| O. balzani worker from Venezuela | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Octostruma Forel, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Rhopalothrix simoni Emery, 1890
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 34 species | |
Species edit
- Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)
- Octostruma ascrobicula Longino, 2013
- Octostruma ascrobis Longino, 2013
- Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
- Octostruma batesi (Emery, 1894)
- Octostruma betschi Perrault, 1988
- Octostruma convallis Longino, 2013
- Octostruma convallisur Longino, 2013
- Octostruma cyrtinotum Longino, 2013
- Octostruma excertirugis Longino, 2013
- Octostruma gymnogon Longino, 2013
- Octostruma gymnosoma Longino, 2013
- Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)
- Octostruma impressa Palacio, 1997
- Octostruma inca Brown & Kempf, 1960
- Octostruma leptoceps Longino, 2013
- Octostruma limbifrons Longino, 2013
- Octostruma lutzi (Wheeler, 1913)
- Octostruma megabalzani Longino, 2013
- Octostruma montanis Longino, 2013
- Octostruma obtusidens Longino, 2013
- Octostruma onorei (Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007)
- Octostruma petiolata (Mayr, 1887)
- Octostruma pexidorsum Longino, 2013
- Octostruma planities Longino, 2013
- Octostruma rugifera (Mayr, 1887)
- Octostruma rugiferoides Brown & Kempf, 1960
- Octostruma schusteri Longino, 2013
- Octostruma stenognatha Brown & Kempf, 1960
- Octostruma stenoscapa Palacio, 1997
- Octostruma triangulabrum Longino, 2013
- Octostruma triquetrilabrum Longino, 2013
- Octostruma trithrix Longino, 2013
- Octostruma wheeleri (Mann, 1922)
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Octostruma". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Genus: Octostruma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Longino, J. T. (2013), "A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)", Zootaxa, 3699: 1–61, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3699.1.1, PMID 26079018
External links edit
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