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Rogeria (ant)

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Rogeria
R. innotabilis worker from Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Rogeria
Emery, 1894
Type species
Rogeria curvipubens
Diversity[1]
40 species

Rogeria is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is known from the Americas (from southwestern United States to Argentina), Pacific (Tahiti to New Guinea), and Caribbean. Little is known about their biology.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Rogeria". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Rogeria". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ^ Kugler, C. (1994). "A revision of the ant genus Rogeria with description of the sting apparatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 3: 17–89.
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