Myrmicaria

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: Myrmicaria
Species: M. anomala – M. aphidicola – M. arachnoides – M. arnoldi – M. basutorum – M. baumi – M. birmana – M. brunnea – M. carinata – M. castanea – M. distincta – M. exigua – M. faurei – M. fodica – M. foreli – M. fumata – M. fusca – M. irregularis – M. laevior – M. melanogaster – M. natalensis – M. nigra – M. opaciventris – M. reichenspergeri – M. rhodesiae – M. rugosa – M. rustica – M. salambo – M. striata – M. striatula – M. tigreensis – M. vidua
Name

Myrmicaria Saunders, 1842: 57

Type species: Myrmicaria Brunnea Saunders, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Heptacondylus Smith
Myrmecaria Saunders
Physatta Smith

References

Saunders, W.W. 1842: Descriptions of two hymenopterous insects from northern India. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 3: 57–58.
Smith, F. 1858: Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. , London. 216 pp.
Mayr, G. 1863: Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 13: 385–460.
Smith, F. 1871: A catalogue of the aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 11: 285–415.
Dalla Torre. 1893: Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VII: Formicidae (Heterogyna). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, Lipsiae. 289 pp.
Wheeler. 1922: A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 45: 711–1004.
Bolton, B. 2003: Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71: 1–370.

Myrmicaria is an ant genus within the subfamily Myrmicinae.
Description

Myrmicaria can be discerned from related ant genera by a postpetiole with a complete tergosternal fusion, a postpetiole-gaster articulation shifted ventrally on the gaster, and an antenna with seven segments.[2]
Biochemistry

Myrmicarin 430A, a heptacyclic alkaloid, was isolated from the poison glands of African Myrmicaria. The structure of its carbon skeleton was previously unknown.[3]
Species

Myrmicaria anomala Arnold, 1960
Myrmicaria arachnoides (Smith, 1857)
Myrmicaria arnoldi Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria basutorum Arnold, 1960
Myrmicaria baumi Forel, 1901
Myrmicaria birmana Forel, 1902
Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842
Myrmicaria carinata (Smith, 1857)
Myrmicaria castanea Crawley, 1924
Myrmicaria distincta Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria exigua Andre, 1890
Myrmicaria faurei Arnold, 1947
Myrmicaria fodica (Jerdon, 1851)
Myrmicaria foreli Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria fumata Santschi, 1916
Myrmicaria fusca Stitz, 1911
Myrmicaria irregularis Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria laevior Forel, 1910
Myrmicaria lutea Emery, 1900
Myrmicaria melanogaster Emery, 1900
Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, 1858)
Myrmicaria nigra (Mayr, 1862)
Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery, 1893
Myrmicaria reichenspergeri Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria rhodesiae Arnold, 1958
Myrmicaria rugosa (Smith, 1860)
Myrmicaria rustica Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria salambo Wheeler, 1922
Myrmicaria striata Stitz, 1911
Myrmicaria striatula Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria tigreensis (Guerin-Meneville, 1849)
Myrmicaria vidua Smith, 1858

References

Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmicaria". AntCat. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
Tree of Life Web Project. 2004. Myrmicaria. Version 4 October 2004 (temporary). in The Tree of Life Web Project
Schröder, F.; Baumann, H.; Kaib, M. & Sinnwell, V. (1996): Myrmicarin 430A: a new heptacyclic alkaloid from Myrmicaria ants. Chem. Commun. 1996: 2139-2140. doi:10.1039/CC9960002139