Oligomyrmex

Oligomyrmex
O. panamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Pheidologetonini
Genus:	Oligomyrmex Mayr, 1867
Species
See text.
Diversity
c. 100 species

Oligomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. They are small ants, found around the world in mostly subterranean habitats. While the minor workers can be smaller than one millimeter, they have also major worker castes. Some species are specialized thief ants that prey on the brood of larger species^[1].

Species

Oligomyrmex aborensis (Wheeler, 1913) Oligomyrmex acutus Weber, 1952 Oligomyrmex afghanus Pisarski, 1970 Oligomyrmex africanus (Forel, 1910) Oligomyrmex alluaudi Santschi, 1913 Oligomyrmex alpha Forel, 1905 Oligomyrmex amius (Forel, 1913) Oligomyrmex angolensis Santschi, 1914 Oligomyrmex antiquus (Mayr, 1868) Oligomyrmex armatus (Donisthorpe, 1948) Oligomyrmex arnoldiellus Santschi, 1919 Oligomyrmex asinus Forel, 1902 Oligomyrmex atomus Emery, 1900 Oligomyrmex bengalensis Forel, 1902 Oligomyrmex beta Forel, 1905 Oligomyrmex bohemicus (Novak, 1878) Oligomyrmex bouvardi Santschi, 1913 Oligomyrmex bruchi Santschi, 1933 Oligomyrmex bruni Forel, 1913 Oligomyrmex butteli (Forel, 1913) Oligomyrmex capreolus Wheeler, 1927 Oligomyrmex concinnus Mayr, 1867 Oligomyrmex convexus Weber, 1950 Oligomyrmex corniger Forel, 1902 Oligomyrmex crassiusculus (Emery, 1900) Oligomyrmex cribriceps (Wheeler, 1927) Oligomyrmex debilis Santschi, 1913 Oligomyrmex deponens (Walker, 1859) Oligomyrmex diabolicus Baroni Urbani, 1969 Oligomyrmex diabolus Santschi, 1913 Oligomyrmex donisthorpei Weber, 1950 Oligomyrmex eidmanni (Menozzi, 1936) Oligomyrmex elmenteitae (Patrizi, 1948) Oligomyrmex erythraeus Emery, 1915 Oligomyrmex frontalis Weber, 1950 Oligomyrmex grandidieri Forel, 1891 Oligomyrmex incertus Santschi, 1919 Oligomyrmex jacobsoni Forel, 1911 Oligomyrmex jeanneli Santschi, 1913 Oligomyrmex khamiensis Arnold, 1952 Oligomyrmex lamellifrons (Forel, 1902) Oligomyrmex latro Santschi, 1937 Oligomyrmex leei Forel, 1902 Oligomyrmex longiceps Santschi, 1929 Oligomyrmex longii (Wheeler, 1903) Oligomyrmex lucidus Santschi, 1917 Oligomyrmex lusciosus Wheeler, 1928 Oligomyrmex manni Donisthorpe, 1941 Oligomyrmex menozzii Ettershank, 1966

Oligomyrmex minimus (Emery, 1900) Oligomyrmex mjobergi Forel, 1915 Oligomyrmex morai (Menozzi, 1931) Oligomyrmex nanus Santschi, 1919 Oligomyrmex nevermanni (Mann, 1926) Oligomyrmex norfolkensis Donisthorpe, 1941 Oligomyrmex nosindambo (Forel, 1891) Oligomyrmex oertzeni Forel, 1886 Oligomyrmex overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916 Oligomyrmex paetus (Santschi, 1937) Oligomyrmex panamensis Wheeler, 1925 Oligomyrmex perpusillus (Emery, 1895) Oligomyrmex peruvianus (Emery, 1906) Oligomyrmex petulcus (Wheeler, 1922) Oligomyrmex politus (Santschi, 1914) Oligomyrmex polyphemus Wheeler, 1928 Oligomyrmex punctatus (Karavaiev, 1931) Oligomyrmex raja Forel, 1902 Oligomyrmex rothneyi Forel, 1902 Oligomyrmex rugatus Forel, 1913 Oligomyrmex santschii Weber, 1943 Oligomyrmex sarasinorum (Emery, 1901) Oligomyrmex satanus Karavaiev, 1935 Oligomyrmex sauteri Forel, 1912 Oligomyrmex semilaevis (Mayr, 1901) Oligomyrmex silvestrii (Santschi, 1914) Oligomyrmex simalurensis (Forel, 1915) Oligomyrmex similis (Mayr, 1862) Oligomyrmex sodalis Emery, 1914 Oligomyrmex sophiae (Emery, 1891) Oligomyrmex stenopterus Kusnezov, 1952 Oligomyrmex sublatro Forel, 1913 Oligomyrmex subreptor Emery, 1900 Oligomyrmex sundaicus (Forel, 1913) Oligomyrmex tahitiensis Wheeler, 1936 Oligomyrmex taiponicus Wheeler, 1928 Oligomyrmex taprobanae Forel, 1911 Oligomyrmex thoracicus Weber, 1950 Oligomyrmex thorali (Theobald, 1937) Oligomyrmex traegaordhi (Santschi, 1914) Oligomyrmex ugandanus (Santschi, 1923) Oligomyrmex urichi (Wheeler, 1922) Oligomyrmex viehmeyeri Mann, 1919 Oligomyrmex villiersi (Bernard, 1953) Oligomyrmex voeltzkowi Forel, 1907 Oligomyrmex vorax (Santschi, 1914) Oligomyrmex weyeri (Karavaiev, 1930) Oligomyrmex wheeleri Ettershank, 1966 Oligomyrmex wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)

Footnotes

1. ^ myrmecos.net: Oligomyrmex

References

• ITIS: Genus Oligomyrmex

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