Bothriomyrmex
| Bothriomyrmex | |
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| B. paradoxus worker from Costa Rica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Bothriomyrmecini |
| Genus: |
Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 |
| Type species | |
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Bothriomyrmex costae Emery, 1869 |
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| Diversity | |
| 23 species | |
Bothriomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.
The genus is widely distributed in the Old World and Australia, where it is found nesting in a wide range of habitats (including grasslands, savanna woodlands, mallee forests and lowland rainforest). They nest in soil or in rotten wood.
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