Myopopone

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Amblyoponinae
Genus: Myopopone
Species: M. castanea
Name
Myopopone Roger, 1861

Myopopone is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae.[2] The genus contains two species, one extant and one fossil. The type species Myopopone castanea is known from the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and China.[3] The fossil species, Myopopone sinensis, is known from the Early Miocene.[4]

Species

Myopopone castanea (Smith, 1860)
†Myopopone sinensis Zhang, 1989

References

Bolton, B. (2014). "Myopopone". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
"Genus: Myopopone". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
Xu, Z.-H; He, Q-J (2011). "Description of Myopopone castanea (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya Region". Entomotaxonomia. 33 (3): 231–235.
"Species: †Myopopone sinensis". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 2 July 2014.