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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Elongated Ants (Pseudomyrmecinae) » Twig Ants (Pseudomyrmex)

Genus Pseudomyrmex - Twig Ants

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Pseudomyrmex - Pseudomyrmex gracilis BG2834 E0833 - Pseudomyrmex gracilis ? - Pseudomyrmex gracilis Elongate Twig Ant - Pseudomyrmex gracilis Elongate Twig Ant - Pseudomyrmex gracilis Pseudomyrmex leptosus New SC State Record - Pseudomyrmex leptosus - female Pseudomyrmex gracilis Psuedomyrmex ID request - Pseudomyrmex
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Elongated Ants)
Genus Pseudomyrmex (Twig Ants)
Other Common Names
Big-eyed tree ants, Elongate twig ants, Slender twig ants
Explanation of Names
Pseudomyrmex Lund 1831
Numbers
>130 spp. total
Identification
Worker: antennae 12-segmented; mandibles with proximal tooth on basal margin; eyes large and elongate, >1.5 times as long as wide.(1)
Range
mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of the New World
Remarks
Most species 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)
Works Cited
1.Ward P.S. (2002-) AntWeb
Contributed by Chris Wirth on 19 October, 2005 - 9:12am
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 9 September, 2022 - 8:54pm

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