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Nesomyrmex Pittieri
''Nesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is distributed in the Neotropical, Afrotropical and Madagascar, Malagasy regions. Most species live in arid climates, but some are known from the rainforest. They nest in soil or in trees. Little is known about their biology. Species *''Nesomyrmex anduzei'' (Weber, 1943) *''Nesomyrmex angulatus'' (Mayr, 1862) *''Nesomyrmex antoinetteae'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *''Nesomyrmex antoniensis'' (Forel, 1912) *''Nesomyrmex argentinus'' (Santschi, 1922) *''Nesomyrmex asper'' (Mayr, 1887) *''Nesomyrmex bidentatus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *''Nesomyrmex brasiliensis'' (Kempf, 1958) *''Nesomyrmex braunsi'' (Forel, 1912) *''Nesomyrmex brevicornis'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *''Nesomyrmex brimodus'' (Bolton, 1995) *''Nesomyrmex brunneus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *''Nesomyrmex capricornis'' Csösz & Fisher, 2015 *†''Nesomyrmex caritatis'' (De Andrade, Baroni Urbani, Brandão & Wagensberg, 1999) *''Nesomyrmex cataulacoides'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or before the mid first millennium AD by Austronesian peoples, presumably arriving on outrigger cano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |