''Harpagoxenus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 22 ...

s 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 ...

Myrmicinae Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent and ...

. Found in the

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

and

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...

ecozones of the world, ''Harpagoxenus'' was first established as ''Tomognathus'' by

Mayr Mayr is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Mayr (born 1979), Austrian female long-distance runner * Ernst Mayr (1904–2005), German American evolutionary biologist * Georg Mayr (1564–1623), Bavarian Jesuit pri ...

(1861) to house the species ''Myrmica sublaevis'' (now '' Harpagoxenus sublaevis''). However, the name had already been used (

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) for a genus of fish, and was replaced with its current name by Forel (1893).

Species

* ''

Harpagoxenus canadensis ''Harpagoxenus canadensis'' is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Canada and the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a c ...

'' Smith, 1939 * '' Harpagoxenus sublaevis'' (Nylander, 1849) * ''

Harpagoxenus zaisanicus ''Harpagoxenus zaisanicus'' is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is endemic to Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by ...

'' Pisarski, 1963

References

External links

* Myrmicinae Ant genera Taxa named by Auguste Forel Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{myrmicinae-stub