Kalathomyrmex Explained
Kalathomyrmex is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Kalathomyrmex emeryi.[1] First described as Myrmicocrypta emeryi by Forel in 1907, the species was most recently moved to its current genus by Klingenberg and Brandao in 2009.[2]
Notes and References
- Web site: Genus: Kalathomyrmex . antweb.org . . 28 September 2013.
- Klingenberg, C. & Brandao, C. R. F., 2009, Revision of the fungus-growing ant genera Mycetophylax Emery and Paramycetophylax Kusnezov rev. stat., and description of Kalathomyrmex n. gen. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)., Zootaxa (2052), pp. 1-31: 21-22