ミツツボアリ属

ミツツボアリ属（ミツツボアリぞく、学名：Myrmecocystus）は、アリ科ヤマアリ亜科の1属である。ミツツボアリ属は、蜜を体内に貯めるが存在する5属のうちの一つであるMorgan, R. Biology, husbandry and display of the diurnal honey ant Myrmecocystus mendax Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 。

種

Myrmecocystus christineae Snelling, 1982 Myrmecocystus colei Snelling, 1976 Myrmecocystus creightoni Snelling, 1971 Myrmecocystus depilis Forel, 1901 Myrmecocystus ewarti Snelling, 1971 Myrmecocystus flaviceps Wheeler, 1912 Myrmecocystus hammettensis Cole, 1938 Myrmecocystus intonsus Snelling, 1976 Myrmecocystus kathjuli Snelling, 1976 Myrmecocystus kennedyi Snelling, 1969 Myrmecocystus koso Snelling, 1976 Myrmecocystus lugubris Wheeler, 1909 Myrmecocystus melanoticus Wheeler, 1914 Myrmecocystus melliger Forel, 1886 Myrmecocystus mendax Wheeler, 1908 Wesmael, 1838 Wheeler, 1908 Myrmecocystus navajo Wheeler, 1908 Myrmecocystus nequazcatl Snelling, 1976 Myrmecocystus perimeces Snelling, 1976 Myrmecocystus placodops Forel, 1908 Myrmecocystus pyramicus Smith, 1951 Myrmecocystus romainei Hunt & Snelling, 1975 Myrmecocystus semirufus Emery, 1893 Myrmecocystus snellingi Bolton, 1995 Myrmecocystus tenuinodis Snelling, 1976 Myrmecocystus testaceus Emery, 1893 Myrmecocystus wheeleri Snelling, 1971 Myrmecocystus yuma Wheeler, 1912

映像 Natural World: Empire of the Desert Ants, BBC TWO 10 August 2011, 8 pm BST; information about it on BBC Nature

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