Martialis heureka
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Martialis heureka is a species of ant discovered in 2000 from the Amazon rainforest near Manaus, Brazil. It was described as a new species and placed as the sole member of a new subfamily, Martialinae.[1] The generic name means "from Mars" and was given due to its unusual morphology, and the species epithet heureka indicates the surprising discovery. It belongs to the oldest known distinct lineage to have diverged from the ancestors of all other ants.[2]
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Martialis heureka | |
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Martialis heureka worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Martialinae |
Genus: | Martialis Rabeling & Verhaagh, 2008 |
Species: | M. heureka |
Binomial name | |
Martialis heureka Rabeling & Verhaagh, 2008 | |
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