Genus Pseudomyrmex

Classification · Identification · Remarks · Internet References

Pseudomyrmex gracilis? - Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Pseudomyrmex gracilis complex - Pseudomyrmex gracilis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)

Family Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae

Genus Pseudomyrmex

Identification

"Worker: the antennae 12-segmented; mandibles with proximal tooth on basal margin; eyes large and elongate, more than one and a half times as long as wide. Other characters are the same as subfamily." 1

Remarks

"Most species of Pseudomyrmex nest in dead twigs or stems of woody plants. Some have become specialized inhabitants of live plant domatia, such as the acacia-ants that occupy swollen-thorn acacias." 1

Internet References

http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/ward/psintro.html

1 http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=genus&name=pseudomyrmex&project=calants

Contributed by Chris Wirth on 19 October, 2005 - 9:12am
Last updated 21 October, 2005 - 7:59pm

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