Allomerus
| Allomerus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A. decemarticulatus worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Allomerus Mayr, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, 1878 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 19 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]
Species
- Allomerus affinis (Santschi, 1929)
- Allomerus auropunctatus (Roger, 1863)
- Allomerus brevipilosus Fernández, 2007
- Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, 1878
- Allomerus dentatus Fernández, 2007
- Allomerus iheringi (Forel, 1908)
- Allomerus longiseta (Cuezzo & Calcaterra, 2015)
- Allomerus lutzi Forel, 1908
- Allomerus maietae Fernández, 2007
- Allomerus octoarticulatus Mayr, 1878
- Allomerus rochai (Forel, 1912)
- Allomerus scrobifera (Kempf, 1961)
- Allomerus septemarticulatus Mayr, 1878
- Allomerus sigmoideus (Mayr, 1884)
- Allomerus sulcaticeps (Emery, 1894)
- Allomerus undecemarticulatus Fernández, 2007
- Allomerus villosus (Emery, 1894)
- Allomerus vogeli Kempf, 1975
- Allomerus williamsoni (Kusnezov, 1952)
Associated plants
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
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Allomerus". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ↑ "Genus: Allomerus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- 1 2 Fernández, F. (2007). "The myrmicine ant genus Allomerus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Caldasia. 29 (1): 159–175.
External links
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