''Gauromyrmex'' is a
genus
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of
ant
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s in the
subfamily Myrmicinae.
The genus contains two species, known from the
Indomalayan realm.
According to Bolton (2003), there are a further five or six undescribed species in the collections of the
Natural History Museum
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in
London
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.
Species
*''
Gauromyrmex acanthinus''
(Karavaiev, 1935)
*''
Gauromyrmex bengakalisi''
Menozzi, 1933
References
External links
*
Myrmicinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
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