Pilotrochus

Pilotrochus
	P. besmerus worker from Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pilotrochus; Brown, 1978
Species:	P. besmerus
Binomial name
	Pilotrochus besmerus; Brown, 1978
Type species
	Pilotrochus besmerus;

Pilotrochus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Pilotrochus besmerus.^[1] It is known from Madagascar.^[2]

The name of the genus is derived from Greek plios, "hair" + trochos, "wheel"; the specific name is from Latin bes, "eight of twelve" + Greek meros, "part", referencing the eight-segmented antennae.^[2]

References

^ "Genus: Pilotrochus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b Brown, W. L., Jr. (1977). "An aberrant new genus of myrmicine ant from Madagascar". Psyche. 84 (3–4): 218–224. doi:10.1155/1977/41590.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

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[AWPilotrochus-1] "Genus: Pilotrochus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

[Brown_1978-2] Brown, W. L., Jr. (1977). "An aberrant new genus of myrmicine ant from Madagascar". Psyche. 84 (3–4): 218–224. doi:10.1155/1977/41590.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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