Diacamma

Diacamma
Diacamma
Diacamma rugosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Diacamma
Mayr, 1862
Type species
Ponera rugosa
Bingham, 1903
Species

see text.
Diversity
> 50 species

Diacamma is a genus of queenless ants (see French Wikipedia stub) belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae. It is distributed from India to Australia and contains about 50 species.

Diacamma species of India include:

  • Diacamma assamense Forel, 1897
  • Diacamma ceylonense Fmery, 1897
    • Diacamma ceylonense orbiculatum santschi, 1932
  • Diacamma cyaneiventre André, 1887
  • Diacamma geometricum viridipurpureum Emery, 1893
  • Diacamma indicum Santschi, 1920
  • Diacamma rugosum LeGuillou, 1842
    • Diacamma rugosum jerdoni Forel, 1903
    • Diacamma rugosum rothneyi Forel, 1900
    • Diacamma rugosum sikkimense Forel, 1903
  • Diacamma scalpratum Smith, 1858
  • Diacamma sculptum Jerdon, 1851
  • Diacamma sculpturata Smith, 1859
  • Diacamma vagans Smith, 1860
    • Diacamma vagans doveri Mukerjee, 1834

Other species include:

  • Diacamma australe Fabricius, 1775
  • Diacamma baguiense Chapman, 1925
  • Diacamma cupreum Smith, 1850
  • Diacamma holosericeum Roger, 1860
  • Diacamma intricatum Smith, 1857

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