Onychomyrmex hedleyi

Onychomyrmex hedleyi
Worker specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Genus: Onychomyrmex
Species: O. hedleyi
Binomial name
Onychomyrmex hedleyi
Emery, 1895

Onychomyrmex hedleyi is a species of ant in the genus Onychomyrmex, which is endemic to Australia. Described by Emery in 1895, the ant is known to have similar behaviours to Army ants.[1][2]

References

  1. Emery, C (1895). "Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 345–358.
  2. Brown, W. L., Jr. (1960). "Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera).". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 122: 143–230.


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