Melophorus
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
Observations recorded7,532
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,297
- With media
- 92
- Family
- Formicidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melophorini
- Image
- Melophorus anderseni casent0172008 profile 1.jpg
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- Melophorus
- taxon name
- Melophorus
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Melophorus
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250px|thumbnail|Head view of ant Melophorus majeri specimen
Melophorus (meaning "honey carrier") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is endemic to Australia, where its species are common in arid and semiarid areas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melophorus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.