Gnamptogenys

Gnamptogenys
Gnamptogenys triangularis worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Gnamptogenys
Roger, 1863
Type species
Ponera tornata
(Roger, 1861)
Diversity[1]
37 species

Gnamptogenys is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae.[2] The genus has a wide distribution. It is known to occur in the Nearctic, Neotropic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms.[3] Camacho et al, 2022 revised this genus, significantly reducing its size to only 32 valid extant species and 5 valid fossil species by splitting off most species into four formerly synonymized genera Alfaria, Holcoponera, Poneracantha, and Stictoponera.[4]

Species

As of 2024, Gnamptogenys contains 37 species, five of which are extinct.[1] This genus originally contained 146 species, but Camacho et al. 2022 moved many species into other genera.[4]

Gnamptogenys bruchi
Gnamptogenys continua
Gnamptogenys hartmani
Gnamptogenys interrupta
Gnamptogenys mordax
Gnamptogenys sulcata
Gnamptogenys regularis

References

  1. ^ a b Bolton, B. (2024). "Gnamptogenys". AntCat. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Genus: Gnamptogenys". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ Lattke, J. E.; Fernández, F.; Arias-Penna, T. M.; Palacio, E. E.; MacKay, W.; MacKay, E. (2008). "Género Gnamptogenys Roger." Pp. 66-100 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) (2008). Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
  4. ^ a b Camacho, G.P.; et al. (25 January 2022). "UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 1 (5): 1. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026. Retrieved 21 November 2024.