Biology:Ochetomyrmex
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Short description: Genus of ants
| 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 | |
Ochetomyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2]
Distribution
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
- Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003
- Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Ochetomyrmex". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429943.
- ↑ "Genus: Ochetomyrmex". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Ochetomyrmex&rank=genus&project=allantwebants. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Fernández, F. (2003). "Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology 41: 633–661.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4045645 entry
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