Allomerus is a Neotropical genus of small ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Its eight species are known from the forests of South America, where they live in plant cavities and structures.
Table of known ant–host relations:
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 |
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