''Gesomyrmex'' 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 Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little ...
.
The genus contains six extant species, known from the
Indomalayan realm,
and nine fossil species.
Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howardi'', ''G. kalshoveni'' and ''G. spatulatus'') and two only from females (''G. luzonensis'' and ''G. tobiasi'').
The extinct species ''"G. expectans"'' and
''"G. miegi''", formerly placed in the genus, were excluded by Dlussky ''et al.''., 2009.
The living species are arboreal typically building nests in the twigs of trees.
Species
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Gesomyrmex bremii''
(Heer, 1849)
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Gesomyrmex breviceps''
Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex chaperi''
André, 1892
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Gesomyrmex curiosus''
Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex flavescens''
Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex germanicus''
Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex hoernesi''
Mayr, 1868
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Gesomyrmex howardi''
Wheeler, 1921
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Gesomyrmex incertus''
Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
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Gesomyrmex kalshoveni''
Wheeler, 1929
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Gesomyrmex luzonensis
''Gesomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm, and nine fossil species. Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (''G. chaperi'', ''G. howardi ...
''
(Wheeler, 1916)
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Gesomyrmex macrops''
Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
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Gesomyrmex magnus''
Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
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Gesomyrmex pulcher''
Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
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Gesomyrmex spatulatus''
Cole, 1949
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Gesomyrmex tobiasi''
Dubovikov, 2004
References
External links
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Formicinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
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