Myrmicaria

Myrmicaria
	M. brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Myrmicaria; Saunders, 1842
Type species
	Myrmicaria brunnea; Saunders, 1842
Diversity
	32 species
Synonyms
	Heptacondylus Smith, 1857; Physatta Smith, 1857

Myrmicaria is an ant genus within the subfamily Myrmicinae.

Description

Myrmicaria can be discerned from related ant genera by a postpetiole with a complete tergosternal fusion, a postpetiole-gaster articulation shifted ventrally on the gaster, and an antenna with seven segments.^[2]

Biochemistry

Myrmicarin 430A, a heptacyclic alkaloid, was isolated from the poison glands of African Myrmicaria. The structure of its carbon skeleton was previously unknown.^[3]

Species

Myrmicaria anomala Arnold, 1960
Myrmicaria arachnoides (Smith, 1857)
Myrmicaria arnoldi Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria basutorum Arnold, 1960
Myrmicaria baumi Forel, 1901
Myrmicaria birmana Forel, 1902
Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842
Myrmicaria carinata (Smith, 1857)
Myrmicaria castanea Crawley, 1924
Myrmicaria distincta Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria exigua Andre, 1890
Myrmicaria faurei Arnold, 1947
Myrmicaria fodica (Jerdon, 1851)
Myrmicaria foreli Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria fumata Santschi, 1916
Myrmicaria fusca Stitz, 1911
Myrmicaria irregularis Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria laevior Forel, 1910
Myrmicaria lutea Emery, 1900
Myrmicaria melanogaster Emery, 1900
Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, 1858)
Myrmicaria nigra (Mayr, 1862)
Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery, 1893
Myrmicaria reichenspergeri Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria rhodesiae Arnold, 1958
Myrmicaria rugosa (Smith, 1860)
Myrmicaria rustica Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria salambo Wheeler, 1922
Myrmicaria striata Stitz, 1911
Myrmicaria striatula Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria tigreensis (Guerin-Meneville, 1849)
Myrmicaria vidua Smith, 1858

References

^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmicaria". AntCat. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ Tree of Life Web Project. 2004. Myrmicaria. Version 4 October 2004 (temporary). in The Tree of Life Web Project
^ Schröder, F.; Baumann, H.; Kaib, M. & Sinnwell, V. (1996): Myrmicarin 430A: a new heptacyclic alkaloid from Myrmicaria ants. Chem. Commun. 1996: 2139-2140. doi:10.1039/CC9960002139

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[AntCat-1] Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmicaria". AntCat. Retrieved 22 July 2014.

[2] Tree of Life Web Project. 2004. Myrmicaria. Version 4 October 2004 (temporary). in The Tree of Life Web Project

[3] Schröder, F.; Baumann, H.; Kaib, M. & Sinnwell, V. (1996): Myrmicarin 430A: a new heptacyclic alkaloid from Myrmicaria ants. Chem. Commun. 1996: 2139-2140. doi:10.1039/CC9960002139

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