FG 128 Tyrannomyrmex
Featured Genus 128 Tyrannomyrmex Subfamily: MyrmicinaeDistribution: India, the island of Sri Lanka, and likely that corner of Asia. It's been a while since we had a new one. (And I swear Ant Web seems...
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Would you believe it - there's a species called Tyrannomyrmex rex! It's good to see that myrmecologists have a sense of humour, but I wonder what's so tyrannical about these ants?
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Two species in this genus:T. rex, see http://gap.entclub.org/taxonomists/Fernandez/Fernandez%202003.pdfT. dux, see http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01642p068f.pdf (If Antbase is back in total you...
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I swear, people need to stop naming species with genus names with the tyranno- prefix like this! Do you all remember Tyrannobdella rex? (http://www.plosone.org/ar...1%2Fjournal.pone.0010057 ) Anyway,...
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Hmm, probably a cryptic, I'd say it's a subterranean mrmicine which is more akin to ponerines in colony size and habits. There's frustratingly little information in most ants out there.
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