''Anonychomyrma'' 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 Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (''Linepithema humile''), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the wor ...
.
Distribution and habitat
The genus is mainly distributed in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
,
Solomon Islands
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and
Australia; a single species is known from
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
and
Indonesia
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. They nest on the ground or in trees, with
colonies
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consisting of 500 to tens of thousands individuals.
Species
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Anonychomyrma anguliceps''
(Forel, 1901)
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Anonychomyrma angusta''
(Stitz, 1911)
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Anonychomyrma arcadia''
(Forel, 1915)
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Anonychomyrma biconvexa''
(Santschi, 1928)
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Anonychomyrma dimorpha''
(Viehmeyer, 1912)
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Anonychomyrma extensa''
(Emery, 1887)
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Anonychomyrma fornicata''
(Emery, 1914)
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Anonychomyrma froggatti''
(Forel, 1902)
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Anonychomyrma gigantea''
(Donisthorpe, 1943)
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Anonychomyrma gilberti
''Anonychomyrma gilberti'' is a species of ant in the genus '' Anonychomyrma''. Described by Forel in 1902, the species is endemic to Australia and New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is t ...
''
(Forel, 1902)
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Anonychomyrma glabrata''
(Smith, 1857)
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Anonychomyrma incisa''
(Stitz, 1932)
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Anonychomyrma itinerans''
(Lowne, 1865)
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Anonychomyrma longicapitata''
(Donisthorpe, 1947)
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Anonychomyrma longiceps''
(Forel, 1907)
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Anonychomyrma malandana''
(Forel, 1915)
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Anonychomyrma minuta''
(Donisthorpe, 1943)
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Anonychomyrma murina''
(Emery, 1911)
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Anonychomyrma myrmex''
Donisthorpe, 1947
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Anonychomyrma nitidiceps''
(André, 1896)
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Anonychomyrma polita''
(Stitz, 1912)
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Anonychomyrma procidua''
(Erichson, 1842)
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Anonychomyrma purpurescens''
(Lowne, 1865)
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Anonychomyrma scrutator''
(Smith, 1859)
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Anonychomyrma sellata''
(Stitz, 1911)
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Anonychomyrma tigris''
(Stitz, 1912)
References
External links
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Dolichoderinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
Hymenoptera of Australia
Taxa named by Horace Donisthorpe
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