Myrmothrix

Bristly Carpenter Ants

Diagnosis: Emery (1925): - "Worker and queen. - Large or medium species; body form that of Tanaemyrmex. Head of minors with form Alpha; head of majors large, generally with sides more-or-less rounded. Mesosomal dorsum continuous (uninterrupted by impressions). Cuticle generally with bristly hairs, especially in workers, with long yellow or red setae; legs and scapes with finer setae, but also abundant, oblique; tibiae without bristles on ventral surface. Male. - Like Tanaemyrmex; scapes and tibiae without standing setae.

Geographical distribution of species. - North America through the north of Argentina; absent in Chile."

(Translated and edited by B. E. Boudinot, 17 February 2017.)

Myrmothrix is currently a subgenus of Camponotus.

Nomenclature

 *  MYRMOTHRIX [subgenus of Camponotus]
 * Myrmothrix Forel, 1912i: 91 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Formica abdominalis (junior primary homonym; Formica atriceps first available replacement name), by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 81.
 * [Type-species not Formica rufipes, unjustified subsequent designation by Forel, 1914a: 260.]