Opamyrma hungvuong
Yamane et al., 2008
valid
Opamyrma hungvuong
Yamane et al., 2008:
57, figs. 1-12 (w.)
VIETNAM.
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Vietnam: Ha Tinh Prov., Huong Son Dist., Son Kim II Commune (18°31’N, 105°27’E), Rao An, 21.ii.2000 (T.V. Bui). Primary type depository: IEHV.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: KMNH.
- Chen et al., 2017: 9 (q.); Yamada et al., 2020: 30 (m.l.); Yamada et al., 2023: 5 (q.); Griebenow, 2024: 115 (q.m.l.)
- Status as species: Chen et al., 2017: 9 (redescription); Yamada et al., 2020: 30 (redescription); Yamada et al., 2023: 2; Griebenow, 2024: 115; Hamer et al., 2024: 101.
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
- Griebenow, Z. 2024. Systematic revision of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1189:83-184. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506 PDF
- Hamer, M. T.; Weemaels, A. I.; Fu, Y.; Xuan, L.; Tse, C. Y. L.; Tang, K. L.; Guénard, B. 2024. New insights into the diversity and distribution of Leptanillinae (Formicidae) within China. Zootaxa 5471 (1):99-112. 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.1.6 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
†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