Allomerus

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Allomerus
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A. decemarticulatus worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Allomerus
Mayr, 1878
Type species
Allomerus decemarticulatus
Mayr, 1878
Diversity [1]
8 species

Allomerus is a Neotropical genus of small ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. [2] Its eight species are known from the forests of South America, where they live in plant cavities and structures. [3]

Contents

Species

Associated plants

Table of known ant–host relations: [3]

AntPlant
A. brevipilosus Gleasonia nauensis
A. decemarticulatus Duroia sp. (probably),
Gleasonia nauensis,
Hirtella sp.,
Hirtella physophora ,
Tococa sp. (probably)
A. dentatus Tococa hirta
A. maietae Maieta neblinensis
A. octoarticulatus Remijia physophora ,
Tococa sp.
A. septemarticulatus Duroia saccifera
A. vogeli Myrmidone macrosperma
A. undecemarticulatus Tococa pachystachya

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Allomerus". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Allomerus". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Fernández, F. (2007). "The myrmicine ant genus Allomerus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Caldasia. 29 (1): 159–175.
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