Calyptomyrmex | |
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Calyptomyrmex beccarii worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Calyptomyrmex Emery, 1887 |
Type species | |
Calyptomyrmex beccarii | |
Diversity[1] | |
37 species |
Calyptomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is distributed from Africa to India and east to New Caledonia. They are mainly found in the rainforest, where they forage alone or in small numbers.[3]