Melophorini is a tribe of ants in the family
Formicidae. There are about 10 genera in Melophorini.
Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Melophorini:
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Lasiophanes''
Emery, 1895
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Melophorus''
Lubbock, 1883
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Myrmecorhynchus
''Myrmecorhynchus'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is endemic to Australia
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André, 1896
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Notoncus
''Notoncus'' is an Australian genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from Australia (one species is also known from Papua New Guinea), where the ants nest in the soil or on the ground under stones and logs in forested area ...
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Emery, 1895
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Notostigma
''Notostigma'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and the sole member of the tribe Notostigmatini. Its two species are known only from Australia. Workers are nocturnal and forage solitarily. ''Notostigma'' was first described by ...
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Emery, 1920
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Prolasius
''Prolasius'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Of the genus' 19 species, 18 are known from Australia (one of which is also found in Papua New Guinea) and one from New Zealand. They nest in soil under rocks or logs, sometimes in tr ...
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Forel, 1892
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Pseudonotoncus
''Pseudonotoncus'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known only from forested areas on the east coast of Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign countr ...
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Clark, 1934
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Stigmacros
''Stigmacros'' is an Australian genus of small ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is endemic to Australia. They are Generalist and specialist species, generalist predators that forage in the leaf litter, on the ground or in trees.
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Forel, 1905
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Teratomyrmex
''Teratomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known only from forested areas on the east coast of Australia.
Species
* ''Teratomyrmex greavesi'' McAreavey, 1957
* ''Teratomyrmex substrictus'' Shattuck & O'Reilly ...
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McAreavey, 1957
References
Formicinae
Ant tribes
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