''Gesomyrmex'' is a
genus of
ants in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Formicinae.
The genus contains six extant species, known from the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
,
and nine fossil species.
Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howardi'', ''G. kalshoveni'' and ''G. spatulatus'') and two only from females (''G. luzonensis'' and ''G. tobiasi'').
The extinct species ''"G. expectans"'' and
''"G. miegi''", formerly placed in the genus, were excluded by Dlussky ''et al.''., 2009.
The living species are arboreal typically building nests in the twigs of trees.
Species
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Gesomyrmex bremii
''Gesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm, and nine fossil species. Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howa ...
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(Heer, 1849)
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Gesomyrmex breviceps
''Gesomyrmex breviceps'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard ...
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Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex chaperi
''Gesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm, and nine fossil species. Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howa ...
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André, 1892
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Gesomyrmex curiosus
''Gesomyrmex curiosus'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard n ...
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Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex flavescens
''Gesomyrmex flavescens'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard ...
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Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex germanicus
''Gesomyrmex germanicus'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae known from an Eocene fossil found in Europe. ''G. germanicus'' is one of only eight species in the ant genus ''Gesomyrmex'' to have been described from fossil ...
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Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex hoernesi
''Gesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm, and nine fossil species. Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howa ...
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Mayr, 1868
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Gesomyrmex howardi
''Gesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm, and nine fossil species. Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howa ...
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Wheeler, 1921
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Gesomyrmex incertus
''Gesomyrmex incertus'' is an extinct species of formicid in the ant subfamily Formicinae known from a fossil found in eastern Asia.
History and classification
''Gesomyrmex incertus'' is known from a single ant found in Russia. The specimen w ...
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Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
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Gesomyrmex kalshoveni
''Gesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm, and nine fossil species. Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howa ...
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Wheeler, 1929
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Gesomyrmex luzonensis
''Gesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Sout ...
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(Wheeler, 1916)
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Gesomyrmex macrops
''Gesomyrmex macrops'' is an extinct species of formicid in the ant subfamily Formicinae known from a fossil found in eastern Asia.
History and classification
''Gesomyrmex macrops'' is known from a single ant found in Russia. The specimen wa ...
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Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
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Gesomyrmex magnus
''Gesomyrmex magnus'' is an extinct species of formicid in the ant subfamily Formicinae known from a fossil found in eastern Asia.
History and classification
''Gesomyrmex magnus'' is known from a single ant found in Russia. The specimen was d ...
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Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
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Gesomyrmex pulcher
''Gesomyrmex pulcher'' is an extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the spec ...
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Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex spatulatus
''Gesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm, and nine fossil species. Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howa ...
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Cole, 1949
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Gesomyrmex tobiasi
''Gesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm, and nine fossil species. Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howa ...
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Dubovikov, 2004
References
External links
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Formicinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
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