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Megalomyrmex
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Megalomyrmex is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known only from the Neotropics, where some of the species are specialized parasites or predators of Attini.[1][3]
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Megalomyrmex | |
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M. symmetochus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Megalomyrmex Forel, 1885 |
Type species | |
Megalomyrmex leoninus | |
Diversity[1] | |
44 species | |
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