Sericomyrmex burchelli
| Sericomyrmex burchelli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Sericomyrmex |
| Species: | S. burchelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Sericomyrmex burchelli Forel, 1905
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Sericomyrmex burchelli is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3] Insects belonging to the Sericomyrmex genus are light yellow to deep ferrugineous brown in color and covered with long, flexible hairs, making them appear silky and velvety to the naked eye. In Latin, "sericeus" means "silky".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sericomyrmex burchelli Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ "Sericomyrmex burchelli". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ Ješovnik, Ana; Schultz, Ted R. (2017). "Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)". ZooKeys (670): 1–109. Bibcode:2017ZooK..670....1J. doi:10.3897/zookeys.670.11839. PMC 5523163. PMID 28769657.
Further reading
[edit]- Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World" (PDF). unpublished communication. Retrieved 2019-04-08.