''Echinopla'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
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 Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little ...
.
The genus is distributed from
Singapore
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and
Sumatra (
Indonesia
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) to the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
,
Papua New Guinea
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and
Australia.
Species
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Echinopla arfaki''
Donisthorpe, 1943
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Echinopla australis''
Forel, 1901
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Echinopla cherapunjiensis''
Bharti & Gul, 2012
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Echinopla corrugata''
Donisthorpe, 1943
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Echinopla crenulata''
Donisthorpe, 1941
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Echinopla deceptor''
Smith, 1863
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Echinopla densistriata''
Stitz, 1938
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Echinopla dubitata''
Smith, 1862
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Echinopla lineata''
Mayr, 1862
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Echinopla maeandrina''
Stitz, 1938
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Echinopla melanarctos''
Smith, 1857
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Echinopla mistura''
(Smith, 1860)
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Echinopla nitida''
Smith, 1863
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Echinopla octodentata''
Stitz, 1911
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Echinopla pallipes''
Smith, 1857
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Echinopla praetexta''
Smith, 1860
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Echinopla pseudostriata''
Donisthorpe, 1943
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Echinopla rugosa''
André, 1892
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Echinopla serrata''
(Smith, 1859)
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Echinopla silvestrii''
Donisthorpe, 1936
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Echinopla striata''
Smith, 1857
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Echinopla tritschleri''
Forel, 1901
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Echinopla turneri''
Forel, 1901
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Echinopla vermiculata''
Emery, 1898
References
External links
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Formicinae
Ant genera
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