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.
Species Allomerus affinis (Santschi, 1929) Allomerus auropunctatus (Roger, 1863) Allomerus brevipilosus Fernández, 2007 Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, 1878 Allomerus dentatus Fernández, 2007 Allomerus iheringi (Forel, 1908) Allomerus longiseta (Cuezzo & Calcaterra, 2015) Allomerus lutzi Forel, 1908 Allomerus maietae Fernández, 2007 Allomerus octoarticulatus Mayr, 1878 Allomerus rochai (Forel, 1912) Allomerus scrobifera (Kempf, 1961) Allomerus septemarticulatus Mayr, 1878 Allomerus sigmoideus (Mayr, 1884) Allomerus sulcaticeps (Emery, 1894) Allomerus undecemarticulatus Fernández, 2007 Allomerus villosus (Emery, 1894) Allomerus vogeli Kempf, 1975 Allomerus williamsoni (Kusnezov, 1952)
Associated plants Table of known ant–host relations: Ant Plant A. brevipilosus Gleasonia nauensis A. decemarticulatus Duroia sp. (probably), Gleasonia nauensis, Hirtella sp., Hirtella physophora, Tococa sp. (probably) A. dentatus Tococa hirta A. maietae Maieta neblinensis A. octoarticulatus Remijia physophora, Tococa sp. A. septemarticulatus Duroia saccifera A. vogeli Myrmidone macrosperma A. undecemarticulatus Tococa pachystachya
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