''Ectomomyrmex'' is a
ponerine
Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including ''Dinoponera gigantea'' - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replaced the queen as the fu ...
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 found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of
arthropod
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and cuticle made of chiti ...
prey.
Species
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Ectomomyrmex aciculatus''
(Emery, 1901)
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Ectomomyrmex acutus''
(Emery, 1900)
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Ectomomyrmex aequalis''
Mann, 1919
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Ectomomyrmex annamitus''
(André, 1892)
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Ectomomyrmex apicalis''
(Smith, 1857)
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Ectomomyrmex astutus''
(Smith, 1858)
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Ectomomyrmex claudatus''
Menozzi, 1926
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Ectomomyrmex exaratus
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Species
*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901)
*'' Ectomomyrmex acu ...
''
(Emery, 1901)
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Ectomomyrmex insulanus''
(Mayr, 1876)
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Ectomomyrmex javanus''
Mayr, 1867
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Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki''
(Forel, 1886)
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Ectomomyrmex lobocarenus''
(Xu, 1995)
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Ectomomyrmex melancholicus''
(Smith, 1865)
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Ectomomyrmex modiglianii
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Species
*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901)
*'' Ectomomyrmex acu ...
''
Emery, 1900
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Ectomomyrmex obtusus
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Species
*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901)
*'' Ectomomyrmex acu ...
''
(Emery, 1900)
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Ectomomyrmex overbecki
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Species
*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901)
*'' Ectomomyrmex acu ...
''
Viehmeyer, 1916
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Ectomomyrmex punctatus
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Species
*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901)
*'' Ectomomyrmex acu ...
''
(Karavaiev, 1935)
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Ectomomyrmex ruficornis
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Species
*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901)
*'' Ectomomyrmex acu ...
''
Clark, 1934
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Ectomomyrmex sauteri
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Species
*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901)
*'' Ectomomyrmex acu ...
''
(Forel, 1912)
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Ectomomyrmex scobinus
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Species
*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901)
*'' Ectomomyrmex acu ...
''
Wilson, 1958
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Ectomomyrmex simillimus
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Species
*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901)
*'' Ectomomyrmex acu ...
''
(Donisthorpe, 1949)
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Ectomomyrmex striatulus
''Ectomomyrmex'' is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskele ...
''
(Karavaiev, 1935)
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Ectomomyrmex striolatus''
(Donisthorpe, 1933)
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Ectomomyrmex sumatranus''
(Özdikmen, 2010)
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Ectomomyrmex tonkinus''
(Santschi, 1920)
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Ectomomyrmex vermiculatus''
(Emery, 1897)
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Ectomomyrmex zhengi''
Xu, 1995
References
Ponerinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
Hymenoptera of Australia
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