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Mite-eating Ants
Myrmecina
Myrmecina is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains 51 species distributed in North America, Europe, northern Africa, India east, Korea, Japan and Australia.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

woodlouse ant
speciesMyrmecina graminicola

American Mite-eating Ant
speciesMyrmecina americana

Myrmecina nipponica
speciesMyrmecina nipponica

Myrmecina urbanii
speciesMyrmecina urbanii

Myrmecina sicula
speciesMyrmecina sicula

Myrmecina sinensis
speciesMyrmecina sinensis

Myrmecina spinosa
speciesMyrmecina spinosa

Myrmecina striata
speciesMyrmecina striata

Myrmecina taiwana
speciesMyrmecina taiwana

Myrmecina flava
speciesMyrmecina flava

Parasitic Mite-eating Ant
speciesMyrmecina davisoni

Myrmecina arcuata
speciesMyrmecina arcuata

Myrmecina ryukyuensis
speciesMyrmecina ryukyuensis

Myrmecina australis
speciesMyrmecina australis

Myrmecina maryatiae
speciesMyrmecina maryatiae

Myrmecina raviwonghei
speciesMyrmecina raviwonghei

Myrmecina sauteri
speciesMyrmecina sauteri

Myrmecina eruga
speciesMyrmecina eruga

Myrmecina gracilis
speciesMyrmecina gracilis

Myrmecina macrops
speciesMyrmecina macrops

Myrmecina asiatica
speciesMyrmecina asiatica

Myrmecina bandarensis
speciesMyrmecina bandarensis
Myrmecina harrisoni
speciesMyrmecina harrisoni
Myrmecina inaequala
speciesMyrmecina inaequala
Myrmecina difficulta
speciesMyrmecina difficulta
Myrmecina wesselensis
speciesMyrmecina wesselensis
Myrmecina kaigong
speciesMyrmecina kaigong
Myrmecina alpina
speciesMyrmecina alpina
Myrmecina cooperi
speciesMyrmecina cooperi
Myrmecina breviata
speciesMyrmecina breviata
Myrmecina brevicornis
speciesMyrmecina brevicornis
Myrmecina butteli
speciesMyrmecina butteli
Myrmecina cacabau
speciesMyrmecina cacabau
Myrmecina camellia
speciesMyrmecina camellia
Myrmecina celebensis
speciesMyrmecina celebensis
Myrmecina curtisi
speciesMyrmecina curtisi
Myrmecina curvispina
speciesMyrmecina curvispina
Myrmecina dasynota
speciesMyrmecina dasynota
Myrmecina dechai
speciesMyrmecina dechai
Myrmecina dolichothrix
speciesMyrmecina dolichothrix
Myrmecina elegans
speciesMyrmecina elegans
Myrmecina eowilsoni
speciesMyrmecina eowilsoni
Myrmecina gaoligongensis
speciesMyrmecina gaoligongensis
Myrmecina glabra
speciesMyrmecina glabra
Myrmecina gopa
speciesMyrmecina gopa
Myrmecina grandis
speciesMyrmecina grandis
Myrmecina guangxiensis
speciesMyrmecina guangxiensis
Myrmecina gymnocephala
speciesMyrmecina gymnocephala
Myrmecina hamula
speciesMyrmecina hamula
Myrmecina inflata
speciesMyrmecina inflata
Myrmecina insulana
speciesMyrmecina insulana
Myrmecina itoi
speciesMyrmecina itoi
Myrmecina inthanonensis
speciesMyrmecina inthanonensis
Myrmecina lambirensis
speciesMyrmecina lambirensis
Myrmecina lombokensis
speciesMyrmecina lombokensis
Myrmecina longiseta
speciesMyrmecina longiseta
Myrmecina magnificens
speciesMyrmecina magnificens
Myrmecina mahuana
speciesMyrmecina mahuana
Myrmecina modesta
speciesMyrmecina modesta
Myrmecina monticola
speciesMyrmecina monticola
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Myrmecina in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 69102.