Cheliomyrmex

Cheliomyrmex
Cheliomyrmex megalonyx major worker
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Cheliomyrmex
Mayr, 1870
Type species
Cheliomyrmex nortoni
Mayr, 1870
Diversity
4 species

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.

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