Octostruma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is found in the Neotropics.[3]

Octostruma
O. balzani worker from Venezuela
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Octostruma
Forel, 1912
Type species
Rhopalothrix simoni
Emery, 1890
Diversity[1]
34 species

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Shattuck, Steven O. "Octostruma". AntWiki. antwiki.org. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Genus: Octostruma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ Longino, J. T. (2013), "A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)", Zootaxa, 3699: 1–61, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3699.1.1, PMID 26079018
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