Cheliomyrmex
Sign in to saveCheliomyrmex is a New World genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. In Central America, C. morosus is known from Mexico to Honduras, and Panama. C. andicola, C. audax, C. ursinus and C. megalonyx are known from Colombia and further into South America.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- Family
- Formicidae
- Collections
- IFIT-CP, CAS, UTEP, USNM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Bolivia, Guyana, Guatemala, MéXico
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Cheliomyrmex is a New World genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. In Central America, C. morosus is known from Mexico to Honduras, and Panama. C. andicola, C. audax, C. ursinus and C. megalonyx are known from Colombia and further into South America.
==Species== Cheliomyrmex andicola Emery, 1894 Cheliomyrmex audax Santschi, 1921 Cheliomyrmex megalonyx Wheeler, 1921 Cheliomyrmex morosus (Smith, 1859)
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