''Ectomomyrmex'' is a

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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

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prey.

Species

*'' Ectomomyrmex aciculatus'' (Emery, 1901) *'' Ectomomyrmex acutus'' (Emery, 1900) *'' Ectomomyrmex aequalis'' Mann, 1919 *'' Ectomomyrmex annamitus'' (André, 1892) *'' Ectomomyrmex apicalis'' (Smith, 1857) *'' Ectomomyrmex astutus'' (Smith, 1858) *'' Ectomomyrmex claudatus'' Menozzi, 1926 *'' Ectomomyrmex exaratus'' (Emery, 1901) *'' Ectomomyrmex insulanus'' (Mayr, 1876) *'' Ectomomyrmex javanus'' Mayr, 1867 *'' Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki'' (Forel, 1886) *'' Ectomomyrmex lobocarenus'' (Xu, 1995) *'' Ectomomyrmex melancholicus'' (Smith, 1865) *'' Ectomomyrmex modiglianii'' Emery, 1900 *'' Ectomomyrmex obtusus'' (Emery, 1900) *'' Ectomomyrmex overbecki'' Viehmeyer, 1916 *'' Ectomomyrmex punctatus'' (Karavaiev, 1935) *'' Ectomomyrmex ruficornis'' Clark, 1934 *'' Ectomomyrmex sauteri'' (Forel, 1912) *'' Ectomomyrmex scobinus'' Wilson, 1958 *'' Ectomomyrmex simillimus'' (Donisthorpe, 1949) *'' Ectomomyrmex striatulus'' (Karavaiev, 1935) *'' Ectomomyrmex striolatus'' (Donisthorpe, 1933) *'' Ectomomyrmex sumatranus'' (Özdikmen, 2010) *'' Ectomomyrmex tonkinus'' (Santschi, 1920) *'' Ectomomyrmex vermiculatus'' (Emery, 1897) *'' Ectomomyrmex zhengi'' Xu, 1995

References

Ponerinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of Asia Hymenoptera of Australia {{Ponerinae-stub