{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Melophorus anderseni casent0172008 profile 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Melophorus anderseni'' worker |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Melophorus |authority = Lubbock, 1883 |type_species = ''Melophorus bagoti'' |type_species_authority = Lubbock, 1883 |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 23 species |diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429362|''Melophorus''|2014|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> |synonyms = ''Erimelophorus'' <small>Wheeler, 1935</small><br /> ''Trichomelophorus'' <small>Wheeler, 1935</small> }} 250px|thumbnail|Head view of ant Melophorus majeri specimen
'''''Melophorus''''' (meaning "honey carrier")<ref name="Schultheiss_et_al_2010"/> is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.<ref name="AWMelophorus"/> The genus is endemic to Australia, where its species are common in arid and semiarid areas.<ref name="Schultheiss_et_al_2012"/>
==Species== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Melophorus aeneovirens'' <small>(Lowne, 1865)</small> *''Melophorus anderseni'' <small>Agosti, 1998</small> *''Melophorus bagoti'' <small>Lubbock, 1883</small> *''Melophorus biroi'' <small>Forel, 1907</small> *''Melophorus bruneus'' <small>McAreavey, 1949</small> *''Melophorus constans'' <small>Santschi, 1928</small> *''Melophorus curtus'' <small>Forel, 1902</small> *''Melophorus fieldi'' <small>Forel, 1910</small> *''Melophorus fulvihirtus'' <small>Clark, 1941</small> *''Melophorus hirsutus'' <small>Forel, 1902</small> *''Melophorus insularis'' <small>Wheeler, 1934</small> *''Melophorus iridescens'' <small>(Emery, 1887)</small> *''Melophorus laticeps'' <small>Wheeler, 1915</small> *''Melophorus ludius'' <small>Forel, 1902</small> *''Melophorus majeri'' <small>Agosti, 1998</small> *''Melophorus marius'' <small>Forel, 1910</small> *''Melophorus mjobergi'' <small>Forel, 1915</small> *''Melophorus omniparens'' <small>Forel, 1915</small> *''Melophorus pillipes'' <small>Santschi, 1919</small> *''Melophorus potteri'' <small>McAreavey, 1947</small> *''Melophorus scipio'' <small>Forel, 1915</small> *''Melophorus turneri'' <small>Forel, 1910</small> *''Melophorus wheeleri'' <small>Forel, 1910</small> {{div col end}}
==See also== *Honeypot ant
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="AWMelophorus">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Melophorus&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: ''Melophorus'' |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Schultheiss_et_al_2010">{{Cite journal | last1 = Schultheiss | first1 = P. | last2 = Schwarz | first2 = S. | last3 = Wystrach | first3 = A. | title = Nest Relocation and Colony Founding in the Australian Desert Ant, ''Melophorus bagoti'' Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | doi = 10.1155/2010/435838 | journal = Psyche: A Journal of Entomology | volume = 2010 | pages = 1–4 | year = 2010 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
<ref name="Schultheiss_et_al_2012">{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1071/ZO12096| title = Foraging ecology of an Australian salt-pan desert ant (genus ''Melophorus'')| journal = Australian Journal of Zoology| volume = 60| issue = 5| pages = 311| year = 2012| last1 = Schultheiss | first1 = P. | last2 = Schwarz | first2 = S. | last3 = Cheng | first3 = K. | last4 = Wehner | first4 = R. D. | s2cid = 86050964}}</ref> }}
==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Melophorus|''Melophorus''}}
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Category:Formicinae Category:Ant genera Category:Ants of Australia
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