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Melophorine Ants
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Melophorine Ants

Melophorini

Melophorus (meaning "honey carrier") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and the sole member of the tribe Melophorini. The genus is endemic to Australia, where its species is common in arid and semiarid areas.

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9 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Notoncus

genusNotoncus

Furnace Ants

genusMelophorus

Prolasius

genusProlasius

Stigmacros

genusStigmacros

Notostigma

genusNotostigma

Lasiophanes

genusLasiophanes

Myrmecorhynchus

genusMyrmecorhynchus

Pseudonotoncus

genusPseudonotoncus

Teratomyrmex

genusTeratomyrmex

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 637439.