Opamyrma
Yamane et al., 2008
valid
feminine
- Opamyrma in Amblyoponinae: Yamane et al., 2008: 55.
- Opamyrma in Leptanillinae: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 690; Chen et al., 2017: 8.
- Opamyrma in Leptanillinae, Opamyrmini: Griebenow, 2024: 115.
Genus Opamyrma references
Vasilev & Eftimov, 1975: 237 (male diagnosis); Eguchi et al., 2014: 24 (diagnosis, Vietnam synopsis); Chen et al., 2017: 9 (diagnosis); Yamada et al., 2020: 30 (morphology); Griebenow, 2020: 237 (males diagnosis), 241 (male-based key); Yamada et al., 2023: 1 (natural history of Opamyrma hungvuong); Griebenow, 2024: 115 (w.q.m.l. diagnoses).
Citations
- 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. PDF
- Eguchi, K.; Viet, B. T.; Yamane, S. 2014. Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Part II—Cerapachyinae, Aenictinae, Dorylinae, Leptanillinae, Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Ectatomminae and Proceratiinae. Zootaxa 3860 (1):1-46. 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.1.1 PDF
- Griebenow, Z. 2020. Delimitation of tribes in the subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a description of the male of Protanilla lini Terayama, 2009. Myrmecological News 30:229-250. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_030:229 PDF
- Griebenow, Z. 2024. Systematic revision of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1189:83-184. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506 PDF
- Vasilev, I.; Eftimov, M. 1975. The ants Formicidae (Hymenoptera) from the mountain of Lozen. [In Bulgarian.]. Godishnik na Sofiiskiya Universitet. Biologicheski Fakultet. Kniga 1. Zoologiya, Fiziologiya i Biohimiya na Zhivotnite 67:121-128.
- Ward, P. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 41:683-693. 10.1111/syen.12186 PDF
- Yamada, A.; Nguyen, D. D.; Eguchi, K. 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. Myrmecological News 30:27-52. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_030:027 PDF
- Yamada, A.; Van Dang, A.; Eguchi, K. 2023. Natural history notes of the rare enigmatic ant Opamyrma hungvuong: a first glimpse of their preying behavior on centipedes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae). Asian Myrmecology 16:e016009, 15 pp. [online early] 10.20362/am.016009 PDF
- Yamane, S.; Bui, T. V.; Eguchi, K. 2008. Opamyrma hungvuong, a new genus and species of ant related to Apomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Zootaxa 1767:55-63. PDF
Extant: 1 valid species
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae