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Opamyrma hungvuong Yamane, Bui & Eguchi, 2008

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

China & Vietnam

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Yamane, S., Bui, T. V. and Eguchi, K. (2008). Opamyrma hungvuong, a new genus and species of ant related to Apomyrma. Zootaxa 1767: 55-63.

 

Other references:

Chen, Z.L., Shi, F.M. & Zhou, S.Y. 2017: First record of the monotypic genus Opamyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China. – Far Eastern Entomologist 335: 7-11.

Yamada, Aiki et al. (2020). Unveiling the morphology of the Oriental rare monotypic ant genus Opamyrma Yamane, Bui & Eguchi, 2008 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) and its evolutionary implications, with first descriptions of the male, larva, tentorium, and sting apparatus. Myrmecol. News 30: 27-52. [automatic download]

 

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