Mesostruma

Mesostruma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] It is restricted to Australia.[3]

Mesostruma
Mesostruma eccentrica worker, holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Mesostruma
Brown, 1948
Type species
Strumigenys turneri
Forel, 1895
Diversity[1]
9 species

Species

  • Mesostruma bella Shattuck, 2000
  • Mesostruma browni Taylor, 1962
  • Mesostruma eccentrica Taylor, 1973
  • Mesostruma exolympica Taylor, 1973
  • Mesostruma inornata Shattuck, 2000
  • Mesostruma laevigata Brown, 1952
  • Mesostruma loweryi Taylor, 1973
  • Mesostruma spinosa Shattuck, 2007
  • Mesostruma turneri (Forel, 1895)

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Mesostruma". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Mesostruma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Shattuck, S. O. 2000. "Genus Colobostruma. Genus Mesostruma. Genus Epopostruma." Pp. 31-67 in: Bolton, B. 2000. "The ant tribe Dacetini." Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65: 1-1028


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