Ochetomyrmex

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Ochetomyrmex
Ochetomyrmex semipolitus worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Diversity[1]
2 species

Ochetomyrmex is a

Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2]

Distribution

The genus is restricted to the

Brazilian Amazon. Ochetomyrmex semipolitus has a wider distribution, ranging from Guyana and Brazil to northern Argentina.[3]

Species

References

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Ochetomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Ochetomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ Fernández, F. (2003). "Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 41: 633–661.

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