Tranopelta is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2]
| Tranopelta | |
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| Tranopelta gilva worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Tranopelta Mayr, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Tranopelta gilva | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 4 species | |
Distribution edit
The genus is restricted to the Neotropical region, where the ants nest in soil or in the leaf litter. Tranopelta gilva is known from Costa Rica to Brazil, Tranopelta subterranea is found in Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.[3]
Species edit
- Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866 (synonyms Tranopelta amblyops (Emery, 1894) Tranopelta heyeri (Forel, 1901))
- Tranopelta subterranea (Mann, 1916)
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Tranopelta". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Tranopelta". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Fernández, F. (2003). "Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 41: 633–661.
External links edit
Media related to Tranopelta at Wikimedia Commons
