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Genus of ants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Myrmicaria is an ant genus within the subfamily Myrmicinae.
| Myrmicaria | |
|---|---|
| |
| M. brunnea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Myrmicaria Saunders, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 32 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Heptacondylus Smith, 1857 | |
Myrmicaria can be discerned from related ant genera by a postpetiole with a complete tergosternal fusion, a postpetiole-gaster articulation shifted ventrally on the gaster, and an antenna with seven segments.[2]
Myrmicarin 430A, a heptacyclic alkaloid, was isolated from the poison glands of African Myrmicaria. The structure of its carbon skeleton was previously unknown.[3]
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