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Apomyrma
Genus of ants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apomyrma stygia is a species of ant found in West Africa, first described in 1970.[1] It is the only species in the genus Apomyrma, tribe Apomyrmini, and subfamily Apomyrminae.[2] It has been suggested the ant primarily lives in tropical forests, and apparently belongs to a guild of centipede-feeding ants.[1]
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Apomyrma | |
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Apomyrma stygia worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Apomyrminae |
Tribe: | Apomyrmini Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988 |
Genus: | Apomyrma Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988 |
Species: | A. stygia |
Binomial name | |
Apomyrma stygia Brown, Gotwald & Levieux 1970 | |
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