Atopomyrmex

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Crematogastrini
Genus: Atopomyrmex
Species: A. calpocalycola – A. cryptoceroides – A. mocquerysi
Name

Atopomyrmex André, 1889:226

Type species: Atopomyrmex Mocquerysi André, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Atoponyrmex André

References

André, E. 1889: Hyménoptères nouveaux appartenant au groupe des formicides. Revue d'Entomologie. Caen. 8: 217–231.
Wheeler. 1922: A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 45: 711–1004.
Bolton, B. 2003: Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71: 1–370.

Atopomyrmex is a small genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is known from the Afrotropics, where they nest in living wood and forage in the vegetation or on the ground.[3]
Species

Atopomyrmex calpocalycola Snelling, 1992
Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

References

Bolton, B. (2015). "Atopomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
"Genus: Atopomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID 84797311.