''Poecilomyrma'' 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 Myrmicinae.
Its two species are restricted to the
Fijian archipelago. Although rare, the genus is known from all seven of the largest islands of Fiji.
Species
*''
Poecilomyrma myrmecodiae''
Mann, 1921
*''
Poecilomyrma senirewae''
Mann, 1921
References
External links
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Myrmicinae
Ant genera
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