Allomerus

Allomerus
	A. decemarticulatus worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Allomerus; Mayr, 1878
Type species
	Allomerus decemarticulatus; Mayr, 1878
Diversity
	8 species

Allomerus is a Neotropical genus of small ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.^[2] Its eight species are known from the forests of South America, where they live in plant cavities and structures.^[3]

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

Associated plants

Allomerus

A. decemarticulatus worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Allomerus Mayr, 1878
Type species
Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, 1878
Diversity^[1]
8 species