Dolopomyrmex

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
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
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: Dolopomyrmex
Species:
Name

Dolopomyrmex Cover & Deyrup, 2007
References

A new ant genus from the southwestern United States. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (Gainesville), 80, July 2007: 89–99.

Dolopomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Dolopomyrmex pilatus.[1]
Distribution and habitat

The genus is known from the western and the southwestern United States, where the ants live in arid desert habitats, likely with an almost exclusively subterranean life style.[2]
Etymology

The genus name is derived from ancient Greek dolops, dolopos ("lurker in ambush") + Greek myrmex, myrmekos ("ant"); the specific name of the type species (D. pilatus) is derived from the pilum (a javelin commonly used by the Roman army), making Dolopomyrmex pilatus the "spear-bearing ambush ant".[2]
References

"Genus: Dolopomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
Cover, S. P; Deyrup, M. (2007). "A new ant genus from the southwestern United States". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 80: 89–99.