Anonychomyrma Temporal range:
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Anonychomyrma gilberti worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
Genus: | Anonychomyrma Donisthorpe, 1947 |
Type species | |
Anonychomyrma myrmex Donisthorpe, 1947
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Diversity[1] | |
26 species |
Anonychomyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.[2]
The genus is mainly distributed in New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia; a single species is known from Malaysia and Indonesia. They nest on the ground or in trees, with colonies consisting of 500 to tens of thousands individuals.[3]