Octostruma (lat.) - a genus of ants from the subfamily of myrmycin ( Myrmicinae , Basicerotini ). They live in Neotropics - from southern Mexico and the West Indies to the north of Argentina . The genus includes 34 species [1]
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Description
Small, slow ants living in rotten wood and fallen leaves. Perfectly camouflaged in the soil, because for a long time they were considered extremely rare. Very similar to the ants of the genus Eurhopalothrix , which are predators and prey on small soft-bodied arthropods. [2]
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- Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)
- Octostruma ascrobicula Longino, 2013
- Octostruma ascrobis Longino, 2013
- Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
- Octostruma batesi (Emery, 1894)
- Octostruma betschi Perrault, 1988
- Octostruma convallis Longino, 2013
- Octostruma convallisur Longino, 2013
- Octostruma cyrtinotum Longino, 2013
- Octostruma excertirugis Longino, 2013
- Octostruma gymnogon Longino, 2013
- Octostruma gymnosoma Longino, 2013
- Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)
- Octostruma impressa Palacio, 1997
- Octostruma inca Brown & Kempf, 1960
- Octostruma leptoceps Longino, 2013
- Octostruma limbifrons Longino, 2013
- Octostruma lutzi (Wheeler, 1913)
- Octostruma megabalzani Longino, 2013
- Octostruma Montanis Longino, 2013
- Octostruma obtusidens Longino, 2013
- Octostruma onorei (Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007)
- Octostruma petiolata (Mayr, 1887)
- Octostruma pexidorsum Longino, 2013
- Octostruma planities Longino, 2013
- Octostruma rugifera (Mayr, 1887)
- Octostruma rugiferoides Brown & Kempf, 1960
- Octostruma schusteri Longino, 2013
- Octostruma stenognatha Brown & Kempf, 1960
- Octostruma stenoscapa Palacio, 1997
- Octostruma triangulabrum Longino, 2013
- Octostruma triquetrilabrum Longino, 2013
- Octostruma trithrix Longino, 2013
- Octostruma wheeleri (Mann, 1922)
Notes
- ↑ Longino, JT (2013), " A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ", Zootaxa T. 3699: 1–61 , DOI 10.11646 / zootaxa.3699.1.1
- ↑ Genus: Octostruma . antweb.org . Date of appeal September 23, 2013.
Literature
- Longino JT A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) (Eng.) // Zootaxa: Journal. - 2013 .-- Vol. 3699, no. 1 . - P. 1–61. - DOI : 10.11646 / zootaxa.3699.1.1 .