''Atopomyrmex'' is a small
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 arboreal
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 Myrmicinae.
The genus is known from the
Afrotropics, where they nest in living wood and forage in the vegetation or on the ground.
Species
* ''
Atopomyrmex calpocalycola''
Snelling, 1992
* ''
Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides''
Emery, 1892
* ''
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi''
André, 1889
References
External links
*
Myrmicinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Africa
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