Calyptomyrmex

Calyptomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is distributed from Africa to India and east to New Caledonia. They are mainly found in the rainforest, where they forage alone or in small numbers.[3]

Calyptomyrmex
Calyptomyrmex beccarii worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Myrmicinae
Tribe:
Crematogastrini
Genus:
Calyptomyrmex

Emery, 1887
Type species
Calyptomyrmex beccarii
Diversity[1]
37 species

Species
  • Calyptomyrmex arnoldi (Forel, 1913)
  • Calyptomyrmex asper Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex barak Bolton, 1981
  • Calyptomyrmex beccarii Emery, 1887
  • Calyptomyrmex brevis Weber, 1943
  • Calyptomyrmex brunneus Arnold, 1948
  • Calyptomyrmex caledonicus Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952
  • Calyptomyrmex claviseta (Santschi, 1914)
  • Calyptomyrmex danum Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981
  • Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915
  • Calyptomyrmex fragarus Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex friederikae Kutter, 1976
  • Calyptomyrmex fritillus Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex grammus Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex kaurus Bolton, 1981
  • Calyptomyrmex lineolus Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex loweryi Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex nedjem Bolton, 1981
  • Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus Santschi, 1914
  • Calyptomyrmex ocullatus Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923
  • Calyptomyrmex rectopilosus Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990
  • Calyptomyrmex rennefer Bolton, 1981
  • Calyptomyrmex retrostriatus Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex ryderae Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex sabahensis Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981
  • Calyptomyrmex singalensis Baroni Urbani, 1975
  • Calyptomyrmex sparsus Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex stellatus Santschi, 1915
  • Calyptomyrmex tamil Baroni Urbani, 1975
  • Calyptomyrmex taylori Shattuck, 2011
  • Calyptomyrmex tensus Bolton, 1981
  • Calyptomyrmex vedda Baroni Urbani, 1975
  • Calyptomyrmex wittmeri Baroni Urbani, 1975

References
  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Calyptomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Calyptomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Shattuck, S. O. (2011). "Revision of the ant genus Calyptomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in South-east Asia and Oceania". Zootaxa. 2743: 1–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2743.1.1.


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