''Anillomyrma'' is an Asian

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ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...

s in the subfamily Myrmicinae.

Distribution and habitat

Its two species are distributed in south, southeast and east Asia. ''A. decamera'' is known from Sri Lanka,

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and China, and ''A. tridens'' from east

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. Both species are likely subterranean and have been collected deep in sandy soil or on the ground of sandy areas, which may suggest that the distribution is affected by soil type.

Species

* '' Anillomyrma decamera'' (Emery, 1901) * '' Anillomyrma tridens''

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, 1987

References

External links

* Myrmicinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of Asia {{myrmicinae-stub