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{{Short description|Species of ant}}
{{Taxobox
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| name = ''Amyrmex golbachi'' | name = ''Amyrmex golbachi''
| image = Leptanilloides golbachi casent0172251 profile 2.jpg
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| image_caption = ''A. golbachi'' male from Argentina
| regnum = ]ia
⚫ | parent_authority = Kusnezov, 1953
| phylum = ]a
⚫ | taxon = Amyrmex golbachi
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| authority = Kusnezov, 1953
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| species = '''''A. golbachi'''''
⚫ | binomial = ''Amyrmex golbachi''
⚫ | binomial_authority = Kusnezov, 1953
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'''''Amyrmex golbachi''''' is a ] of ] and is currently the only known species of genus '''''Amyrmex'''''


'''''Amyrmex golbachi''''' is a rare ] ] of ] and the ] in the genus '''''Amyrmex'''''.<ref name="AWAmyrmex"/> It is currently only known from males from the ] of ] and from northern ].


==Taxonomy==
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The genus was established by Kusnezov (1953) for four small male ants collected in the ] region of Argentina. Kusnezov recognized a single species, ''Amyrmex golbachi'', which he placed in the subfamily ], while noting peculiar features of the wing venation and abdominal ] that introduced some uncertainty about its affinities. Since its original description, ''Amyrmex'' has received scant attention from ant ]. In his generic revision of the Dolichoderinae, Shattuck (1992) ] ''Amyrmex'' under '']''. Cuezzo (2000) resurrected ''Amyrmex'', pointing out various distinctive features of morphology that do not agree with any known males of ''Forelius''.<ref name="Cuezzo_2000_271-272"/><ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_46"/>
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] analyses by Ward & Brady (2009) placed ''Amyrmex'' as a sister genus to '']'' and a member of the subfamily Leptanilloidinae (now ]),<ref name="Brady_et_al_2014_1"/> rather than the Dolichoderinae to which it had been previously assigned.<ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_48-49"/> This placement is also supported by morphological traits.<ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_46"/>

==Distribution==
The genus is currently only known from males from the ] of Brazil and from northern Argentina.<ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_52"/> No ''Amyrmex'' specimens have been reported besides the ], three ]s, one additional series of males from the Kusnezov collection,<ref name="Cuezzo_2000_272"/> and a collection of several males discovered from unidentified specimens in the ], most of which were collected in ] at a ] ] site in ], Brazil, in 1991.<ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_46"/> The geographical distribution of ''Amyrmex'' suggests it might be a ] of the sister genus '']''.<ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_53"/>

==References==
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<ref name="AWAmyrmex">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Amyrmex&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Amyrmex |website=] |access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="Brady_et_al_2014_1">{{harvnb|Brady|Fisher|Schultz|Ward|2014|pp=1–14}}</ref>

<ref name="Cuezzo_2000_271-272">{{harvnb|Cuezzo|2000|pp=271–272}}</ref>
<ref name="Cuezzo_2000_272">{{harvnb|Cuezzo|2000|p=272}}</ref>

<ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_46">{{harvnb|Ward|Brady|2009|p=46}}</ref>
<ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_48-49">{{harvnb|Ward|Brady|2009|pp=48–49}}</ref>
<ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_52">{{harvnb|Ward|Brady|2009|p=52}}</ref>
<ref name="Ward&Brady_2009_53">{{harvnb|Ward|Brady|2009|p=53}}</ref>
}}
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*{{Cite journal |last1=Brady |first1=Seán G. |last2=Fisher |first2=Brian L. |last3=Schultz |first3=Ted R. |last4=Ward |first4=Philip S. |year=2014 |title=The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=14 |pages=2–14 |doi=10.1186/1471-2148-14-93 |pmid=24886136 |pmc=4021219 |doi-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Cuezzo |first1=F. |year=2000 |title= Revisión del género Forelius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). |journal=Sociobiology |volume=35 |pages=197–275 |language=es}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Kusnezov |first1=N. |year=1953 |title=Lista de las hormigas de Tucumán con descripción de dos nuevos géneros (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |journal=Acta Zoologica Lilloana |volume=13 |pages=327–339}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Shattuck |first1=S. O. |year=1992 |title=Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Sociobiology |volume=21 |pages=1–181}}
*{{OA-attribution| {{citation|last1=Ward |first1=P.S |last2=Brady |first2=S.G. |year=2009 |title= Rediscovery of the ant genus ''Amyrmex'' Kuznetsov (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and its transfer from Dolichoderinae to Leptanilloidinae |journal=] |volume=2063 |pages=46–54 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2063.1.2 |s2cid=14443021 |url=http://www.mapress.com./zootaxa/2009/f/zt02063p054.pdf }} }}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*{{commonscat-inline|Amyrmex golbachi|''Amyrmex golbachi''}}

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Latest revision as of 17:46, 1 December 2023

Species of ant

Amyrmex golbachi
A. golbachi male from Argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Amyrmex
Kusnezov, 1953
Species: A. golbachi
Binomial name
Amyrmex golbachi
Kusnezov, 1953

Amyrmex golbachi is a rare Neotropical species of ant and the only known species in the genus Amyrmex. It is currently only known from males from the Amazon basin of Brazil and from northern Argentina.

Taxonomy

The genus was established by Kusnezov (1953) for four small male ants collected in the Tucumán region of Argentina. Kusnezov recognized a single species, Amyrmex golbachi, which he placed in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, while noting peculiar features of the wing venation and abdominal morphology that introduced some uncertainty about its affinities. Since its original description, Amyrmex has received scant attention from ant taxonomists. In his generic revision of the Dolichoderinae, Shattuck (1992) synonymized Amyrmex under Forelius. Cuezzo (2000) resurrected Amyrmex, pointing out various distinctive features of morphology that do not agree with any known males of Forelius.

Phylogenetic analyses by Ward & Brady (2009) placed Amyrmex as a sister genus to Leptanilloides and a member of the subfamily Leptanilloidinae (now Dorylinae), rather than the Dolichoderinae to which it had been previously assigned. This placement is also supported by morphological traits.

Distribution

The genus is currently only known from males from the Amazon basin of Brazil and from northern Argentina. No Amyrmex specimens have been reported besides the holotype, three paratypes, one additional series of males from the Kusnezov collection, and a collection of several males discovered from unidentified specimens in the Bohart Museum of Entomology, most of which were collected in malaise traps at a lowland rainforest site in Rondônia, Brazil, in 1991. The geographical distribution of Amyrmex suggests it might be a senior synonym of the sister genus Asphinctanilloides.

References

  1. "Genus: Amyrmex". AntWeb. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  2. Cuezzo 2000, pp. 271–272
  3. ^ Ward & Brady 2009, p. 46
  4. Brady et al. 2014, pp. 1–14
  5. Ward & Brady 2009, pp. 48–49
  6. Ward & Brady 2009, p. 52
  7. Cuezzo 2000, p. 272
  8. Ward & Brady 2009, p. 53

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Taxon identifiers
Amyrmex golbachi
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