''Nesomyrmex'' 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 ...

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 distributed in the

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

, Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Most species live in arid climates, but some are known from the rainforest. They nest in soil or in trees. Little is known about their biology.

Species

*'' Nesomyrmex anduzei'' (Weber, 1943) *'' Nesomyrmex angulatus'' (Mayr, 1862) *'' Nesomyrmex antoinetteae'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex antoniensis'' (Forel, 1912) *'' Nesomyrmex argentinus'' (Santschi, 1922) *'' Nesomyrmex asper'' (Mayr, 1887) *'' Nesomyrmex bidentatus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex brasiliensis'' (Kempf, 1958) *'' Nesomyrmex braunsi'' (Forel, 1912) *'' Nesomyrmex brevicornis'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex brimodus'' (Bolton, 1995) *'' Nesomyrmex brunneus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex capricornis'' Csösz & Fisher, 2015 *†'' Nesomyrmex caritatis'' (De Andrade, Baroni Urbani, Brandão & Wagensberg, 1999) *'' Nesomyrmex cataulacoides'' (Snelling, 1992) *'' Nesomyrmex cederbergensis'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex cingulatus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex clavipilis'' Wheeler, 1910 *'' Nesomyrmex clypeatus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex costatus'' (Emery, 1896) *'' Nesomyrmex denticulatus'' (Mayr, 1901) *'' Nesomyrmex devius'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *†'' Nesomyrmex dominicanus'' (De Andrade, Baroni Urbani, Brandão & Wagensberg, 1999) *'' Nesomyrmex echinatinodis'' (Forel, 1886) *'' Nesomyrmex edentatus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex entabeni'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex evelynae'' (Forel, 1916) *'' Nesomyrmex excelsior'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex exiguus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex ezantsi'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex flavigaster'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex flavus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex fragilis'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex gibber'' (Donisthorpe, 1946) *'' Nesomyrmex gracilis'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex grisoni'' (Forel, 1916) *'' Nesomyrmex hafahafa'' Csösz & Fisher, 2015 *'' Nesomyrmex hirtellus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex humerosus'' (Emery, 1896) *'' Nesomyrmex inhaca'' Hita Garcia, Mbanyana, Audisio & Alpert, 2017 *'' Nesomyrmex innocens'' (Forel, 1913) *'' Nesomyrmex inye'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex itinerans'' (Kempf, 1959) *'' Nesomyrmex karooensis'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex koebergensis'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex larsenae'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex longiceps'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex madecassus'' (Forel, 1892) *'' Nesomyrmex mcgregori'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex medusus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2015 *'' Nesomyrmex minutus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex mirassolis'' (Diniz, 1975) *'' Nesomyrmex modestus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex nanniae'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex nitidus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex njengelanga'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex pittieri'' (Forel, 1899) *'' Nesomyrmex pleuriticus'' (Kempf, 1959) *'' Nesomyrmex punctaticeps'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex pulcher'' (Emery, 1917) *'' Nesomyrmex reticulatus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex retusispinosus'' (Forel, 1892) *'' Nesomyrmex ruani'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex rugosus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex rutilans'' (Kempf, 1958) *'' Nesomyrmex saasveldensis'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex schwebeli'' (Forel, 1913) *'' Nesomyrmex sculptiventris'' (Mayr, 1887) *'' Nesomyrmex sellaris'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex sikorai'' (Emery, 1896) *'' Nesomyrmex simoni'' (Emery, 1895) *'' Nesomyrmex spininodis'' (Mayr, 1887) *'' Nesomyrmex spinosus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2015 *'' Nesomyrmex stramineus'' (Arnold, 1948) *'' Nesomyrmex striatus'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex tamatavensis'' Csösz & Fisher, 2016 *'' Nesomyrmex tonsuratus'' (Kempf, 1959) *'' Nesomyrmex tshiguvhoae'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex vannoorti'' Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 *'' Nesomyrmex vargasi'' Longino, 2006 *'' Nesomyrmex vicinus'' (Mayr, 1887) *'' Nesomyrmex wilda'' (Smith, 1943) *'' Nesomyrmex zaheri'' Sharaf, Akbar & Hita Garcia 2017

References

External links

* Myrmicinae Ant genera {{myrmicinae-stub