Anonychomyrma malandana
| Anonychomyrma malandana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Anonychomyrma |
| Species: | A. malandana
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| Binomial name | |
| Anonychomyrma malandana (Forel, 1915)
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Anonychomyrma malandana is a species of ant in the genus Anonychomyrma. Described by Forel in 1915, the species is endemic to Australia.[1] The name comes from being initially discovered in Malanda on the Atherton Uplands, and they're also found in Windsor and Carbine.[2]
Description
A. malandana is a glossy species characterized by a rounded head and unusually elongated antennal scapes.[2]
References
- ^ Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 13-18
- ^ a b Leahy, Lily; Scheffers, Brett R.; Williams, Stephen; Andersen, Alan N. (14 December 2020). "Diversity and Distribution of the Dominant Ant Genus Anonychomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Australian Wet Tropics". Diversity. 12 (12): 474. Bibcode:2020Diver..12..474L. doi:10.3390/d12120474.