Austromorium

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: Solenopsidini
Genus: Austromorium
Species (2): A. flavigaster – A. hetericki
Name

Austromorium Shattuck, 2009

Type species: Xiphomyrmex flavigaster Clark, 1938, fixed by original designation

References

Shattuck, S.O. 2009: Austromorium, a new myrmicine ant genus from Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2193: 62–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Austromorium is an Australian genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus contains two species, one of which, Austromorium flavigaster, is fairly common and widespread in southern Australia. The other species, Austromorium hetericki, is only found in Western Australia. Little is known about their biology.[3]
Species

Austromorium flavigaster (Clark, 1938)
Austromorium hetericki Shattuck, 2009

References

Bolton, B. (2014). "Austromorium". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
"Genus: Austromorium". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
Shattuck, Steven O. (2009). "Austromorium, a new myrmicine ant genus from Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Zootaxa. 2193: 62–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2193.1.3.