Ankylomyrma | |
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A. coronacantha worker | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Agroecomyrmecinae |
Tribe: |
Ankylomyrmini Bolton, 2003 |
Genus: |
Ankylomyrma Bolton, 1973 |
Species: | A. coronacantha
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Binomial name | |
Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton, 1973
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Ankylomyrma is a genus of large arboreal ants in the subfamily Agroecomyrmecinae. It contains the single species Ankylomyrma coronacantha, the sole member of the tribe Ankylomyrmini. [1] The genus is known from Africa. Nothing is known about their biology. [2] The genus was moved from the subfamily Myrmicinae to Agroecomyrmecinae in 2014. [3]