Mesostruma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] It is restricted to Australia.[3]
| Mesostruma | |
|---|---|
| |
| Mesostruma eccentrica worker, holotype | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Mesostruma Brown, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Strumigenys turneri Forel, 1895
| |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 9 species | |
Species
edit- Mesostruma bella Shattuck, 2000
- Mesostruma browni Taylor, 1962
- Mesostruma eccentrica Taylor, 1973
- Mesostruma exolympica Taylor, 1973
- Mesostruma inornata Shattuck, 2000
- Mesostruma laevigata Brown, 1952
- Mesostruma loweryi Taylor, 1973
- Mesostruma spinosa Shattuck, 2007
- Mesostruma turneri (Forel, 1895)
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Mesostruma". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Mesostruma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Shattuck, S. O. 2000. "Genus Colobostruma. Genus Mesostruma. Genus Epopostruma." Pp. 31-67 in: Bolton, B. 2000. "The ant tribe Dacetini." Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65: 1-1028
External links
edit
Media related to Mesostruma at Wikimedia Commons
