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Echinopla
Sign in to saveEchinopla is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is distributed from Singapore and Sumatra (Indonesia) to the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
Head transverse; eyes small, placed laterally, high on the head; antennae 12-jointed, inserted forwards on the head, wide apart; the labial palpi 4-jointed, the three basal ones of about equal length, clavate; the apical joint as long as the two preceding joints united; the maxillary palpi 5-jointed, elongate, the three apical joints long and slender, the two basal ones much shorter and stouter; mandibles short, stout, and of equal width throughout, armed with five stout teeth. Thorax oblong-quadrate; legs of moderate length; tarsi 5-jointed; each tibia armed with a single spine at the apex. Abdomen globose; peduncle formed of a single node; the first segment very large, concealing the other segments beneath it.
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Echinopla is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is distributed from Singapore and Sumatra (Indonesia) to the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
==Species== Echinopla angustata Zettel & Laciny, 2015 Echinopla arfaki Donisthorpe, 1943 Echinopla australis Forel, 1901 Echinopla brevisetosa Zettel & Laciny, 2015 Echinopla charernsomi Tanansathaporn & Jaitrong, 2018 Echinopla circulus Zettel & Laciny, 2015 Echinopla cherapunjiensis Bharti & Gul, 2012 Echinopla crenulata Donisthorpe, 1941 Echinopla deceptor Smith, 1863 Echinopla densistriata Stitz, 1938 Echinopla dubitata Smith, 1862 Echinopla fisheri Zettel & Laciny, 2015 Echinopla jeenthongi Tanansathaporn & Jaitrong, 2018 Echinopla lateropilosa Zettel & Laciny, 2017 Echinopla lineata Mayr, 1862 Echinopla madli Zettel & Laciny, 2015 Echinopla maeandrina Stitz, 1938 Echinopla melanarctos Smith, 1857 Echinopla mezgeri Zettel & Laciny, 2015 Echinopla mistura (Smith, 1860) Echinopla nitida Smith, 1863 Echinopla octodentata Stitz, 1911 Echinopla pallipes Smith, 1857 Echinopla praetexta Smith, 1860 Echinopla pseudostriata Donisthorpe, 1943 Echinopla rugosa André, 1892 Echinopla senilis Mayr, 1862 Echinopla serrata (Smith, 1859) Echinopla silvestrii Donisthorpe, 1936 Echinopla striata Smith, 1857 Echinopla tritschleri Forel, 1901 Echinopla tunkuabduljalilii Laciny, Zettel, Maryati & Noor-Izwan, 2019 Echinopla turneri Forel, 1901 Echinopla vermiculata Emery, 1898 Echinopla wardi Zettel & Laciny, 2015