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Allomerus

Summary

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]

Allomerus
A. decemarticulatus worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Species edit

  • Allomerus brevipilosus Fernández, 2007
  • Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, 1878
  • Allomerus dentatus Fernández, 2007
  • Allomerus maietae Fernández, 2007
  • Allomerus octoarticulatus Mayr, 1878
  • Allomerus septemarticulatus Mayr, 1878
  • Allomerus undecemarticulatus Fernández, 2007
  • Allomerus vogeli Kempf, 1975

Associated plants edit

Table of known ant–host relations:[3]

Ant Plant
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 edit

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

External links edit

  •   Media related to Allomerus at Wikimedia Commons