Gesomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan realm, and nine fossil species. Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (G. chaperi, G. howardi, G. kalshoveni and G. spatulatus) and two only from females (G. luzonensis and G. tobiasi). The extinct species "G. expectans" and "Gesomyrmex miegi", formerly placed in the genus, were excluded by Dlussky et al.., 2009.
The living species are arboreal typically building nests in the twigs of trees.
Species
- â Gesomyrmex bremii <small>(Heer, 1849)</small>
- â Gesomyrmex breviceps <small>Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009</small>
- Gesomyrmex chaperi <small>André, 1892</small>
- â Gesomyrmex curiosus <small>Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009</small>
- â Gesomyrmex flavescens <small>Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009</small>
- â Gesomyrmex germanicus <small>Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009</small>
- â Gesomyrmex hoernesi <small>Mayr, 1868</small>
- Gesomyrmex howardi <small>Wheeler, 1921</small>
- â Gesomyrmex incertus <small>Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015</small>
- Gesomyrmex kalshoveni <small>Wheeler, 1929</small>
- Gesomyrmex luzonensis <small>(Wheeler, 1916)</small>
- â Gesomyrmex macrops <small>Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015</small>
- â Gesomyrmex magnus <small>Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015</small>
- â Gesomyrmex pulcher <small>Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009</small>
- Gesomyrmex spatulatus <small>Cole, 1949</small>
- Gesomyrmex tobiasi <small>Dubovikov, 2004</small>
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