Nomamyrmex

Nomamyrmex
	Nomamyrmex esenbeckii media worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Nomamyrmex; Borgmeier, 1936
Type species
	Eciton crassicornis;
Diversity
	2 species

Nomamyrmex is a genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.^[2] Its two species are distributed in the Neotropics: Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is known from southern United States to northern Argentina, and Nomamyrmex hartigii is known from Mexico to southern Brazil.^[3] Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is the only known predator of mature colonies of Atta leaf-cutter ants.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Species

Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood, 1842)
Nomamyrmex hartigii (Westwood, 1842)

References

^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Nomamyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
^ "Genus: Nomamyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^ Watkins, J. F. (1977). "The species and subspecies of Nomamyrmex (Dorylinae: Formicidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 50 (2): 203–214.
^ Swartz, Monica B. (December 1998). "Predation on an Atta cephalotes Colony by an Army Ant, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii". Biotropica. 30 (4): 682–684. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00110.x. S2CID 84970670.
^ Powell, S.; Clark, E. (November 2004). "Combat between large derived societies: A subterranean army ant established as a predator of mature leaf-cutting ant colonies". Insectes Sociaux. 51 (4): 342–351. doi:10.1007/s00040-004-0752-2. S2CID 25945437.
^ Souza, Jorge L.P.; Moura, Carlos A. R. (2008). "Predation of Ants and Termites by Army Ants, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Formicidae, Ecitoninae) in the Brazilian Amazon" (PDF). Sociobiology. 52 (2): 399–402. S2CID 83382512. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

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[AntCat-1] Bolton, B. (2014). "Nomamyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

[AWNomamyrmex-2] "Genus: Nomamyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

[Watkins_1977-3] Watkins, J. F. (1977). "The species and subspecies of Nomamyrmex (Dorylinae: Formicidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 50 (2): 203–214.

[4] Swartz, Monica B. (December 1998). "Predation on an Atta cephalotes Colony by an Army Ant, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii". Biotropica. 30 (4): 682–684. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00110.x. S2CID 84970670.

[5] Powell, S.; Clark, E. (November 2004). "Combat between large derived societies: A subterranean army ant established as a predator of mature leaf-cutting ant colonies". Insectes Sociaux. 51 (4): 342–351. doi:10.1007/s00040-004-0752-2. S2CID 25945437.

[6] Souza, Jorge L.P.; Moura, Carlos A. R. (2008). "Predation of Ants and Termites by Army Ants, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Formicidae, Ecitoninae) in the Brazilian Amazon" (PDF). Sociobiology. 52 (2): 399–402. S2CID 83382512. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

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