Trichomyrmex

Trichomyrmex
Trichomyrmex destructor worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865
Type species
Trichomyrmex rogeri
Diversity[1]
20 species
Synonyms
Equestrimessor Santschi, 1919 Holcomyrmex Mayr, 1879 Parholcomyrmex Emery, 1915

Trichomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Described by Mayr in 1865, it was raised as a genus in 2015.[2] These ants are endemic to multiple continents.[2]

Species

• Trichomyrmex aberrans Forel, 1902
• Trichomyrmex abyssinicus (Forel, 1894)
• Trichomyrmex almosayari Sharaf & Aldawood, 2016
• Trichomyrmex chobauti (Emery, 1896)
• Trichomyrmex criniceps (Mayr, 1879)
• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)
• Trichomyrmex emeryi Mayr, 1895
• Trichomyrmex epinotale Santschi, 1923
• Trichomyrmex glaber (André, 1883)
• Trichomyrmex lameerei (Forel, 1902)
• Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)
• Trichomyrmex muticus (Emery, 1887)
• Trichomyrmex oscaris Forel, 1894
• Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko, 1997)
• Trichomyrmex robustior (Forel, 1892)
• Trichomyrmex rogeri Mayr, 1865
• Trichomyrmex santschii (Forel, 1907)
• Trichomyrmex scabriceps (Mayr, 1879)
• Trichomyrmex shakeri Sharaf & Al Dhafer, 2016
• Trichomyrmex wroughtoni Forel, 1911

References

1. Bolton, B. (2014). "'Trichomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
2. Ward, Philip S.; Brady, Sean G.; Fisher, Brian L.; Schultz, Ted R. (July 2014). "The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology. 40 (1): 61. Bibcode:2015SysEn..40...61W. doi:10.1111/syen.12090. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 83986771.