Myrmecorhynchus

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: Formicinae
Tribus: Myrmecorhynchini
Genus: Myrmecorhynchus
Species:
Name

Myrmecorhynchus André, 1896: Rev. Ent. franç., 15, 253.
References

André, E. 1896: Fourmis nouvelles d'Asie et d'Australie. Revue d'Entomologie France, 15: 251–265.
Shattuck, S.O. 2015: A review of the ant genus Myrmecorhynchus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3955(2): 283–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.2.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Wheeler, W.M. 1917: The Australian ant-genus Myrmecorhynchus (Ern. André) and its position in the subfamily Camponotinae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41: 14-19, plate I. BHL Reference page.

Myrmecorhynchus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus is endemic to Australia, where its species are found in forested areas. They nest in soil or on trees or shrubs.[3]

Species

Myrmecorhynchus carteri Clark, 1934
Myrmecorhynchus emeryi André, 1896
Myrmecorhynchus nitidus Clark, 1934

References

Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmecorhynchus". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
"Genus: Myrmecorhynchus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
Shattuck, S. (2000). Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 97–99. ISBN 978-0-643-06659-5.