Tricytarus

Described from three males. The types cannot be located and the genus, and its sole species, is of uncertain placement.

Identification
This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Species richness
Species richness by country based on regional taxon lists (countries with darker colours are more species-rich). View Data



Castes
Described from the male caste.

Nomenclature

 *  TRICYTARUS [incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: Formicoxenini]
 * Tricytarus Donisthorpe, 1947d: 187. Type-species: Tricytarus parviumgulatus, by original designation.
 * Tricytarus unidenifiable taxon. Male-based genus, description inadequate. Type-material not present in California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, U.S.A., nor in The Natural History Museum, London, U.K., presumed lost: Bolton, 2003: 254.

Male. Mandibles very short, sharply pointed. Antennae 13-jointed; maxillary palpi 5-jointed; labial palpi 3-jointed; ocelli situated on occiput of head. Mayrian furrows well marked; epinotum armed with two tubercles. Petiole long and narrow. No spurs to tibire present; •claws very small. One discoidal cell, one cubital cell, and closed radial cell present.

Additional References

 * Donisthorpe, H.S.J.K. 1947: Some new ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (11)14: 183-197.


 * Bolton, B. 2003: Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71: 1–370.