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Acanthomyrmex
Acanthomyrmex, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha), meaning "thorn", and μύρμηξ (múrmex), meaning "ant", is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known from South East Asia. Its species are dimorphic, with major workers in some genera having heads twice the length (and ten times the volume) of those of the minor workers. They live in small colonies and are rarely collected in the field. There are 17 species of Acanthomyrmex.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis
speciesAcanthomyrmex glabfemoralis
Acanthomyrmex thailandensis
speciesAcanthomyrmex thailandensis
Acanthomyrmex ferox
speciesAcanthomyrmex ferox
Acanthomyrmex crassispinus
speciesAcanthomyrmex crassispinus
Acanthomyrmex laevis
speciesAcanthomyrmex laevis
Acanthomyrmex humilis
speciesAcanthomyrmex humilis
Acanthomyrmex sulawesiensis
speciesAcanthomyrmex sulawesiensis
Acanthomyrmex basispinosus
speciesAcanthomyrmex basispinosus
Acanthomyrmex careoscrobis
speciesAcanthomyrmex careoscrobis
Acanthomyrmex concavus
speciesAcanthomyrmex concavus
Acanthomyrmex dusun
speciesAcanthomyrmex dusun
Acanthomyrmex foveolatus
speciesAcanthomyrmex foveolatus
Acanthomyrmex luciolae
speciesAcanthomyrmex luciolae
Acanthomyrmex malikuli
speciesAcanthomyrmex malikuli
Acanthomyrmex mindanao
speciesAcanthomyrmex mindanao
Acanthomyrmex minus
speciesAcanthomyrmex minus
Acanthomyrmex mizunoi
speciesAcanthomyrmex mizunoi
Acanthomyrmex notabilis
speciesAcanthomyrmex notabilis
Acanthomyrmex padanensis
speciesAcanthomyrmex padanensis
Where it lives
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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 637599.