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Cylindromyrmex
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Cylindromyrmex, and connects out to Galapagos Islands, Brazil and Animalia.
Vinony files it under Ant genera, Dorylinae and Hymenoptera of North America.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Formicidae
- Collections
- CEDESU-UAC, CAS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), FMNH, USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brasil, Australia, Brazil
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- Cylindromyrmex
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- Category:Cylindromyrmex
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Encyclopedic overview
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Cylindromyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.
== Distribution and habitat == The genus is known from the New World, from Central America to Brazil, Bolivia and the Galápagos Islands, and currently contains 10 extant species and 3 fossil species. The fossil species, all described from single or a small number of specimens, were found in Dominican amber. Their nesting place include cavities of wood and even termite nests. Like their nesting habits, their feeding habits are not fully know, but they are said to be predators of termites.
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