Orectognathus

Orectognathus
Orectognathus antennatus worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Orectognathus Smith, 1854[1]
Type species
Orectognathus antennatus Smith, 1854
Diversity[2]
29 species
Synonyms
Arnoldidris Brown, 1950

Orectognathus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[3]

Species

• Orectognathus alligator Taylor, 1980
• Orectognathus antennatus Smith, 1854

O. antennatus

• Orectognathus biroi Szabó, 1926
• Orectognathus chyzeri Emery, 1897
• Orectognathus clarki Brown, 1953
• Orectognathus coccinatus Taylor, 1980
• Orectognathus csikii Szabó, 1926
• Orectognathus darlingtoni Taylor, 1977
• Orectognathus echinus Taylor & Lowery, 1972
• Orectognathus elegantulus Taylor, 1977
• Orectognathus horvathi Szabó, 1926
• Orectognathus howensis Wheeler, 1927
• Orectognathus hystrix Taylor & Lowery, 1972

O. hystrix

• Orectognathus kanangra Taylor, 1980
• Orectognathus longispinosus Donisthorpe, 1941
• Orectognathus mjobergi Forel, 1915
• Orectognathus nanus Taylor, 1977
• Orectognathus nigriventris Mercovich, 1958
• Orectognathus parvispinus Taylor, 1977
• Orectognathus phyllobates Brown, 1958
• Orectognathus robustus Taylor, 1977
• Orectognathus roomi Taylor, 1977
• Orectognathus rostratus Lowery, 1967
• Orectognathus sarasini Emery, 1914
• Orectognathus satan Brown, 1953
• Orectognathus sexspinosus Forel, 1915
• Orectognathus szentivanyi (Brown, 1958)

O. szentivanyi

• Orectognathus velutinus Taylor, 1977
• Orectognathus versicolor Donisthorpe, 1940

O. versicolor

References

1. Smith, F. 1854: Monograph of the genus Cryptocerus, belonging to the group Cryptoceridae - family Myrmicidae - division Hymenoptera Heterogyna. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (n.s.), 2(7): 213-228. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1854.tb02221.x BHL [Date of publication: Jan. 1854]
2. Bolton, B. (2014). "Orectognathus". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
3. "Genus: Orectognathus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

External links

• Media related to Orectognathus at Wikimedia Commons