Gesomyrmex

Gesomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.^[1] The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm,^[2] and nine fossil species.^[3] Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (G. chaperi, G. howardi, G. kalshoveni and G. spatulatus) and two only from females (G. luzonensis and G. tobiasi).^[4] The extinct species "G. expectans" and "Gesomyrmex miegi", formerly placed in the genus, were excluded by Dlussky et al.., 2009.

Gesomyrmex Temporal range: Lutetian-Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Gesomyrmex howardi worker from China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Gesomyrmecini
Genus:	Gesomyrmex Mayr, 1868
Type species
†Gesomyrmex hoernesi Mayr, 1868
Synonyms
Dimorphomyrmex André, 1892 Gaesomyrmex Dalla Torre, 1893

The living species are arboreal typically building nests in the twigs of trees.^[3]

Species

• †Gesomyrmex bremii (Heer, 1849)
• †Gesomyrmex breviceps Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
• Gesomyrmex chaperi André, 1892
• †Gesomyrmex curiosus Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
• †Gesomyrmex flavescens Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
• †Gesomyrmex germanicus Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
• †Gesomyrmex hoernesi Mayr, 1868
• Gesomyrmex howardi Wheeler, 1921
• †Gesomyrmex incertus Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
• Gesomyrmex kalshoveni Wheeler, 1929
• Gesomyrmex luzonensis (Wheeler, 1916)
• †Gesomyrmex macrops Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
• †Gesomyrmex magnus Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
• †Gesomyrmex pulcher Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
• Gesomyrmex spatulatus Cole, 1949
• Gesomyrmex tobiasi Dubovikov, 2004