''Pseudomyrmex'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of stinging, wasp-like

ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...

s in the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

Pseudomyrmecinae Pseudomyrmecinae is a small subfamily of ants containing three genera of slender, large-eyed arboreal ants, predominantly tropical or subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate cla ...

. They are large-eyed, slender ants, found mainly in

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...

and

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones immediately to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Ge ...

regions of the

New World The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...

Distribution and habitat

''Pseudomyrmex'' is predominantly

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

in distribution, but a few species are known from the

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...

region. Most species are generalist twig nesters, for instance, '' Pseudomyrmex pallidus'' may nest in the hollow stems of dead grasses, twigs of

herbaceous plants Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent wood, woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennial plant, perennials, and nearly all Annual plant, annuals and Biennial plant, biennials. Definition ...

, and in dead, woody twigs. However, the genus is best known for several species that are obligate mutualists with certain species of ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...

''. Other species have evolved obligate mutualism with other trees; for example '' Pseudomyrmex triplarinus'' is obligately dependent on any of a few trees in the genus '' Triplaris''.Larrea-Alcázar, D. M. and J. A. Simonetti. (2007)
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Species

* '' Pseudomyrmex acanthobius'' (Emery, 1896) * '' Pseudomyrmex adustus'' (Borgmeier, 1929) * '' Pseudomyrmex alternans'' (Santschi, 1936) * '' Pseudomyrmex alustratus'' Ward, 1989 * '' Pseudomyrmex alvarengai'' Kempf, 1961 * '' Pseudomyrmex antiguanus'' (Enzmann, 1944) * '' Pseudomyrmex antiquus'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex apache'' Creighton, 1953 * '' Pseudomyrmex atripes'' (Smith, 1860) * '' Pseudomyrmex avitus'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex baros'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex beccarii'' (Menozzi, 1935) * '' Pseudomyrmex boopis'' (Roger, 1863) * '' Pseudomyrmex browni'' Kempf, 1967 * '' Pseudomyrmex brunneus'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex caeciliae'' (Forel, 1913) * '' Pseudomyrmex championi'' (Forel, 1899) * '' Pseudomyrmex cladoicus'' (Smith, 1858) * '' Pseudomyrmex colei'' (Enzmann, 1944) * '' Pseudomyrmex concolor'' (Smith, 1860) * '' Pseudomyrmex coronatus'' (Wheeler, 1942) * '' Pseudomyrmex coruscus'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex cretus'' Ward, 1989 * '' Pseudomyrmex cubaensis'' (Forel, 1901) * '' Pseudomyrmex curacaensis'' (Forel, 1912) * '' Pseudomyrmex dendroicus'' (Forel, 1904) * '' Pseudomyrmex denticollis'' (Emery, 1890) * '' Pseudomyrmex depressus'' (Forel, 1906) * '' Pseudomyrmex distinctus'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex duckei'' (Forel, 1906) * '' Pseudomyrmex eduardi'' (Forel, 1912) * '' Pseudomyrmex ejectus'' (Smith, 1858) * '' Pseudomyrmex elongatulus'' (Dalla Torre, 1892) * '' Pseudomyrmex elongatus'' (Mayr, 1870) * '' Pseudomyrmex endophytus'' (Forel, 1912) * '' Pseudomyrmex ethicus'' (Forel, 1911) * '' Pseudomyrmex euryblemma'' (Forel, 1899) * '' Pseudomyrmex excisus'' (Mayr, 1870) * '' Pseudomyrmex extinctus'' (Carpenter, 1930) * '' Pseudomyrmex faber'' (Smith, 1858) * '' Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex fervidus'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex fiebrigi'' (Forel, 1908) * '' Pseudomyrmex filiformis'' (Fabricius, 1804) * '' Pseudomyrmex flavicornis'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex flavidulus'' (Smith, 1858) * '' Pseudomyrmex gebellii'' (Forel, 1899) * '' Pseudomyrmex gibbinotus'' (Forel, 1908) * '' Pseudomyrmex godmani'' (Forel, 1899) * '' Pseudomyrmex goeldii'' (Forel, 1912) * '' Pseudomyrmex gracilis'' (Fabricius, 1804) * '' Pseudomyrmex haytianus'' (Forel, 1901) * '' Pseudomyrmex hesperius'' Ward, 1993 * '' Pseudomyrmex holmgreni'' (Wheeler, 1925) * '' Pseudomyrmex incurrens'' (Forel, 1912) * '' Pseudomyrmex ita'' (Forel, 1906) * '' Pseudomyrmex janzeni'' Ward, 1993 * '' Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli'' (Emery, 1890) * '' Pseudomyrmex laevifrons'' Ward, 1989 * '' Pseudomyrmex laevigatus'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex laevivertex'' (Forel, 1906) * '' Pseudomyrmex leptosus'' Ward, 1985 * '' Pseudomyrmex lynceus'' (Spinola, 1851) * '' Pseudomyrmex macrops'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex maculatus'' (Smith, 1855) * '' Pseudomyrmex major'' (Forel, 1899) * '' Pseudomyrmex malignus'' (Wheeler, 1921) * '' Pseudomyrmex mandibularis'' (Spinola, 1851) * '' Pseudomyrmex mixtecus'' Ward, 1993 * '' Pseudomyrmex monochrous'' (Dalla Torre, 1892) * '' Pseudomyrmex nexilis'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex niger'' (Donisthorpe, 1940) * '' Pseudomyrmex nigrescens'' (Forel, 1904) * '' Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus'' (Emery, 1890) * '' Pseudomyrmex nigropilosus'' (Emery, 1890) * '' Pseudomyrmex oculatus'' (Smith, 1855) * '' Pseudomyrmex oki'' (Forel, 1906) * '' Pseudomyrmex opaciceps'' Ward, 1993 * '' Pseudomyrmex opacior'' (Forel, 1904) * '' Pseudomyrmex oryctus'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex osurus'' (Forel, 1911) * '' Pseudomyrmex pallens'' (Mayr, 1870) * '' Pseudomyrmex pallidus'' (Smith, 1855) * '' Pseudomyrmex particeps'' Ward, 1993 * '' Pseudomyrmex pazosi'' (Santschi, 1909) * '' Pseudomyrmex peperi'' (Forel, 1913) * '' Pseudomyrmex perboscii'' (Guerin-Meneville, 1844) * '' Pseudomyrmex peruvianus'' (Wheeler, 1925) * '' Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus'' (Smith, 1858) * '' Pseudomyrmex pictus'' (Stitz, 1913) * '' Pseudomyrmex pisinnus'' Ward, 1989 * '' Pseudomyrmex prioris'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex pupa'' (Forel, 1911) * '' Pseudomyrmex reconditus'' Ward, 1993 * '' Pseudomyrmex rochai'' (Forel, 1912) * '' Pseudomyrmex rufiventris'' (Forel, 1911) * '' Pseudomyrmex rufomedius'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex salvini'' (Forel, 1899) * '' Pseudomyrmex santschii'' (Enzmann, 1944) * '' Pseudomyrmex satanicus'' (Wheeler, 1942) * †'' Pseudomyrmex saxulum'' LaPolla & Greenwalt, 2015 * '' Pseudomyrmex schuppi'' (Forel, 1901) * '' Pseudomyrmex seminole'' Ward, 1985 * '' Pseudomyrmex sericeus'' (Mayr, 1870) * '' Pseudomyrmex simplex'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex simulans'' Kempf, 1958 * '' Pseudomyrmex solisi'' (Santschi, 1916) * '' Pseudomyrmex spiculus'' Ward, 1989 * '' Pseudomyrmex spinicola'' (Emery, 1890) * '' Pseudomyrmex squamifer'' (Emery, 1890) * '' Pseudomyrmex subater'' (Wheeler, 1914) * '' Pseudomyrmex subtilissimus'' (Emery, 1890) * '' Pseudomyrmex succinus'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex tachigaliae'' (Forel, 1904) * '' Pseudomyrmex tenuis'' (Fabricius, 1804) * '' Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus'' (Emery, 1906) * '' Pseudomyrmex terminalis'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex termitarius'' (Smith, 1855) * '' Pseudomyrmex thecolor'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex triplaridis'' (Forel, 1904) * '' Pseudomyrmex triplarinus'' (Weddell, 1850) * '' Pseudomyrmex unicolor'' (Smith, 1855) * '' Pseudomyrmex urbanus'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Pseudomyrmex veneficus'' (Wheeler, 1942) * '' Pseudomyrmex venustus'' (Smith, 1858) * †'' Pseudomyrmex vicinus'' Ward, 1992 * '' Pseudomyrmex viduus'' (Smith, 1858) * '' Pseudomyrmex villosus'' Ward, 1989 * '' Pseudomyrmex voytowskii'' (Enzmann, 1944) * '' Pseudomyrmex weberi'' (Enzmann, 1944) * '' Pseudomyrmex wheeleri'' (Enzmann, 1944)

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1156280 Pseudomyrmecinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of South America Hymenoptera of North America Taxonomy articles created by Polbot