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Robber Ants
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Robber Ants

Harpagoxenus

Harpagoxenus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Found in the Palaearctic and Nearctic ecozones of the world, Harpagoxenus was first established as Tomognathus by Mayr (1861) to house the species Myrmica sublaevis (now Harpagoxenus sublaevis). However, the name had already been used (homonym) for a genus of fish, and was replaced with its current name by Forel (1893).

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

European Robber Ant

speciesHarpagoxenus sublaevis

Canadian Robber Ant

speciesHarpagoxenus canadensis

Harpagoxenus zaisanicus

speciesHarpagoxenus zaisanicus

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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 88737.