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
