Allomerus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Attini
Genus: Allomerus
Species: A. brevipilosus – A. decemarticulatus – A. dentatus – A. maietae – A. octoarticulatus – A. septemarticulatus – A. undecemarticulatus – A. vogeli
Name

Allomerus Mayr, 1878: 873

Type species: Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, designated by Wheeler.
References

Mayr, G. 1878: Formiciden. Gesammelt in Brasilien von Professor Trail. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 27: 867—878. pdf
Dalla Torre. 1893: Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VII: Formicidae (Heterogyna). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, Lipsiae. 289 pp.
Forel, A. 1895: A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia, 1: 89—143.
Fernández, F. 2007: The myrimicine ant genus Allomerus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [With Spanish abstract] Caldasia, 29(1): 159—175.

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 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

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.
Fernández, F. (2007). "The myrmicine ant genus Allomerus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Caldasia. 29 (1): 159–175.