Pseudomyrmex


Pseudomyrmex is a genus of stinging, wasp-like ants in the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae. They are large-eyed, slender ants, found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.

Distribution and habitat

Pseudomyrmex is predominantly Neotropical in distribution, but a few species are known from the Nearctic region. Most species are generalist twig nesters, for instance, Pseudomyrmex pallidus may nest in the hollow stems of dead grasses, twigs of herbaceous plants, and in dead, woody twigs. However, the genus is best known for several species that are obligate mutualists with certain species of Acacia. Other species have evolved obligate mutualism with other trees; for example Pseudomyrmex triplarinus is obligately dependent on any of a few trees in the genus Triplaris.

Species

Pseudomyrmex acanthobius Pseudomyrmex adustus Pseudomyrmex alternans Pseudomyrmex alustratus Ward, 1989Pseudomyrmex alvarengai Kempf, 1961Pseudomyrmex antiguanus Pseudomyrmex antiquus Ward, 1992Pseudomyrmex apache Creighton, 1953Pseudomyrmex atripes Pseudomyrmex avitus Ward, 1992Pseudomyrmex baros Ward, 1992Pseudomyrmex beccarii Pseudomyrmex boopis Pseudomyrmex browni Kempf, 1967Pseudomyrmex brunneus Pseudomyrmex caeciliae Pseudomyrmex championi Pseudomyrmex cladoicus Pseudomyrmex colei Pseudomyrmex concolor Pseudomyrmex coronatus Pseudomyrmex coruscus Ward, 1992Pseudomyrmex cretus Ward, 1989Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Pseudomyrmex dendroicus Pseudomyrmex denticollis Pseudomyrmex depressus Pseudomyrmex distinctus Pseudomyrmex duckei Pseudomyrmex eduardi Pseudomyrmex ejectus Pseudomyrmex elongatulus Pseudomyrmex elongatus Pseudomyrmex endophytus Pseudomyrmex ethicus Pseudomyrmex euryblemma Pseudomyrmex excisus Pseudomyrmex extinctus Pseudomyrmex faber Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus Pseudomyrmex fervidus Pseudomyrmex fiebrigi Pseudomyrmex filiformis Pseudomyrmex flavicornis Pseudomyrmex flavidulus Pseudomyrmex gebellii Pseudomyrmex gibbinotus Pseudomyrmex godmani Pseudomyrmex goeldii Pseudomyrmex gracilis Pseudomyrmex haytianus Pseudomyrmex hesperius Ward, 1993Pseudomyrmex holmgreni Pseudomyrmex incurrens Pseudomyrmex ita Pseudomyrmex janzeni Ward, 1993Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli Pseudomyrmex laevifrons Ward, 1989Pseudomyrmex laevigatus Pseudomyrmex laevivertex Pseudomyrmex leptosus Ward, 1985Pseudomyrmex lynceus Pseudomyrmex macrops Ward, 1992Pseudomyrmex maculatus Pseudomyrmex major Pseudomyrmex malignus Pseudomyrmex mandibularis Pseudomyrmex mixtecus Ward, 1993Pseudomyrmex monochrous Pseudomyrmex nexilis Ward, 1992Pseudomyrmex niger Pseudomyrmex nigrescens Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus Pseudomyrmex nigropilosus Pseudomyrmex oculatus Pseudomyrmex oki Pseudomyrmex opaciceps Ward, 1993Pseudomyrmex opacior Pseudomyrmex oryctus Ward, 1992Pseudomyrmex osurus Pseudomyrmex pallens Pseudomyrmex pallidus Pseudomyrmex particeps Ward, 1993Pseudomyrmex pazosi Pseudomyrmex peperi Pseudomyrmex perboscii Pseudomyrmex peruvianus Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus Pseudomyrmex pictus Pseudomyrmex pisinnus Ward, 1989Pseudomyrmex prioris Ward, 1992Pseudomyrmex pupa Pseudomyrmex reconditus Ward, 1993Pseudomyrmex rochai Pseudomyrmex rufiventris Pseudomyrmex rufomedius Pseudomyrmex salvini Pseudomyrmex santschii Pseudomyrmex satanicus