Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910

Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex, Troya, Adrián & Arredondo, Brandon S., 2025, Nesomyrmex paquisha: a new rough tree ant species from the isolated Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador, Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20), pp. 1181-1208 : 1185

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2470961

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scientific name

Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910
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Genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 View in CoL

Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910: 259 . Type species: Nesomyrmex clavipilis Wheeler , by monotypy. Diagnosis of Neotropical workers . Mandibles with three to five teeth; middle part of clypeus projecting anteriorly over mandibles; clypeus without central subapical hairs; frontal carinae absent, in some species frontal lobe followed by a weak longitudinal striae; eyes located above midlength of head; antennae with 11 or 12 antennomeres, apical club of 3 antennomeres; humerus angled, serrate or rounded; metanotal groove usually absent; propodeal lobes angled to rounded; petiole and postpetiole with and without tubercles .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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