Indomyrma dasypyx

Indomyrma dasypyx is a species of ant that belongs to the genus Indomyrma. It was the only known species of Indomyrma until Indomyrma bellae was described in 2012.[1]

Indomyrma dasypyx
Indomyrma dasypyx worker from India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Indomyrma
Species:
I. dasypyx
Binomial name
Indomyrma dasypyx
Brown, 1986

Brown described the species in 1986. They are native to India.[2]

References

  1. Zryanin, V.A. (2012). A new species of the genus Indomyrma Brown, 1986 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Vietnam. Russian Entomological Journal (PDF). Vietnam. p. 224.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Brown, W.L. (1986). Indomyrma dasypyx, new genus and species, a myrmicine ant from peninsular India (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF). pp. 46, figs. 1–21 worker, queen, male described).


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