Melophorus

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: Formicinae
Tribus: Melophorini
Genus: Melophorus
Species: M. aeneovirens – M. anderseni – M. andersenioides – M. ankylochaetes – M. argus – M. attenuipes – M. bagoti – M. barbellulatus – M. biroi – M. brevignathus – M. brevipalpus – M. bruneus – M. caeruleoviolaceus – M. canus – M. castaneus – M. castanopus – M. cerasinoniger – M. chauliodon – M. chrysus – M. clypeatus – M. compactus – M. constans – M. cuneatus – M. curtus – M. dicyrtos – M. diversus – M. eumorphus – M. fieldi – M. fulgidus – M. fulvidus – M. fulvohirtus – M. gibbosus – M. gilliatensis – M. graciliceps – M. gracilipes – M. gracilis – M. griseus – M. hexidens – M. hirsutipes – M. hirsutus – M. incisus – M. inconspicuus – M. isaiah – M. insularis – M. iridescens – M. kuklos – M. lanuginosus – M. laticeps – M. latinotus – M. lissotriches – M. longiceps – M. longipes – M. ludius – M. macrops – M. macroschismus – M. majeri – M. marius – M. marmar – M. microreticulatus – M. microtriches – M. minimus – M. mjobergi – M. mullewaensis – M. nemophilus – M. oblongiceps – M. omniparens – M. orthonotus – M. paramorphomenus – M. parvimolaris – M. pelecygnathus – M. pelorocephalus – M. pillipes – M. platyceps – M. postlei – M. potteri – M. praesens – M. propebiroi – M. prominens – M. purpureus – M. pusillus – M. quadratus – M. rufoniger – M. scipio – M. sericothrix – M. setosus – M. solitudinis – M. subulipalpus – M. sulconotus – M. tenuis – M. teretinotus – M. translucens – M. turneri – M. turbineus – M. vitreus – M. wheeleri – M. xouthos
Name

Melophorus Lubbock, 1883
References

Template:Lubbock, 1883

Heterick, B.E., Castalanelli, M. & Shattuck, S.O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKey

Melophorus (meaning "honey carrier")[2] is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and the sole member of the tribe Melophorini.[3] The genus is endemic to Australia, where its species are common in arid and semiarid areas.[4]
Contents

1 Species
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Species

Melophorus aeneovirens (Lowne, 1865)
Melophorus anderseni Agosti, 1998
Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
Melophorus biroi Forel, 1907
Melophorus bruneus McAreavey, 1949
Melophorus constans Santschi, 1928
Melophorus curtus Forel, 1902
Melophorus fieldi Forel, 1910
Melophorus fulvihirtus Clark, 1941
Melophorus hirsutus Forel, 1902
Melophorus insularis Wheeler, 1934
Melophorus iridescens (Emery, 1887)
Melophorus laticeps Wheeler, 1915
Melophorus ludius Forel, 1902
Melophorus majeri Agosti, 1998
Melophorus marius Forel, 1910
Melophorus mjobergi Forel, 1915
Melophorus omniparens Forel, 1915
Melophorus pillipes Santschi, 1919
Melophorus potteri McAreavey, 1947
Melophorus scipio Forel, 1915
Melophorus turneri Forel, 1910
Melophorus wheeleri Forel, 1910

See also

Honeypot ant

References

Bolton, B. (2014). "Melophorus". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
Schultheiss, P.; Schwarz, S.; Wystrach, A. (2010). "Nest Relocation and Colony Founding in the Australian Desert Ant, Melophorus bagoti Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2010: 1–4. doi:10.1155/2010/435838.
"Genus: Melophorus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
Schultheiss, P.; Schwarz, S.; Cheng, K.; Wehner, R. D. (2012). "Foraging ecology of an Australian salt-pan desert ant (genus Melophorus)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 60 (5): 311. doi:10.1071/ZO12096. S2CID 86050964.s 700: 1—420. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784. Reference page.