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Allomerus
Allomerus is a Neotropical genus of small ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Its eight species are known from the forests of South America, where they live in plant cavities and structures.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Electric Ant
speciesAllomerus auropunctatus
Allomerus octoarticulatus
speciesAllomerus octoarticulatus
Allomerus rochai
speciesAllomerus rochai
Allomerus decemarticulatus
speciesAllomerus decemarticulatus
Allomerus scrobifera
speciesAllomerus scrobifera
Allomerus affinis
speciesAllomerus affinis
Allomerus sulcaticeps
speciesAllomerus sulcaticeps
Allomerus iheringi
speciesAllomerus iheringi
Allomerus lutzi
speciesAllomerus lutzi
Allomerus dentatus
speciesAllomerus dentatus
Allomerus brevipilosus
speciesAllomerus brevipilosus
Allomerus maietae
speciesAllomerus maietae
Allomerus septemarticulatus
speciesAllomerus septemarticulatus
Allomerus undecemarticulatus
speciesAllomerus undecemarticulatus
Allomerus vogeli
speciesAllomerus vogeli
Allomerus williamsoni
speciesAllomerus williamsoni
Allomerus longiseta
speciesAllomerus longiseta
Allomerus villosus
speciesAllomerus villosus
Allomerus sigmoideus
speciesAllomerus sigmoideus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 637584.