Pilotrochus

Pilotrochus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Pilotrochus besmerus.[1] It is known from Madagascar.[2]

Pilotrochus
Pilotrochus besmerus worker from Madagascar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pilotrochus
Brown, 1978
Species:
P. besmerus
Binomial name
Pilotrochus besmerus
Brown, 1978

The name of the genus is derived from Greek plios, "hair" + trochos, "wheel"; the specific name is from Latin bes, "eight of twelve" + Greek meros, "part", referencing the eight-segmented antennae.[2]

References

  1. "Genus: Pilotrochus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. Brown, W. L., Jr. (1977). "An aberrant new genus of myrmicine ant from Madagascar". Psyche. 84 (3–4): 218–224. doi:10.1155/1977/41590.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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