Ochetomyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2]
| Ochetomyrmex | |
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| Ochetomyrmex semipolitus worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Ochetomyrmex Mayr, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 2 species | |
Distribution edit
The genus is restricted to the Neotropical region, where the ants nest in soil or in the leaf litter. Ochetomyrmex neopolitus is known from northern South America, from Colombia and Guyana to the Brazilian Amazon. Ochetomyrmex semipolitus has a wider distribution, ranging from Guyana and Brazil to northern Argentina.[3]
Species edit
- Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003
- Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Ochetomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Ochetomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Fernández, F. (2003). "Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 41: 633–661.
External links edit
Media related to Ochetomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons
