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Aphomomyrmex
Aphonomyrmex afer worker from South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Aphomomyrmex Emery, 1899
Species:	A. afer
Binomial name
Aphomomyrmex afer Emery, 1899

Aphomomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. It contains the single species Aphomomyrmex afer, known from Africa (Cameroon and South Africa). The genus is closely related to Petalomyrmex.

References

1. "Genus: Aphomomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
2. Snelling, R. R. (1979). "Aphomomyrmex and a related new genus of arboreal African ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Contributions in Science (Los Angeles). 316: 1–8.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Aphomomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons

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