Pseudomyrmex is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of stinging, wasp-like ant

Ant

Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...

s in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Formicidae (Kempf 1972). They are large eyed, slender ants with an arboreal habitat. They are found exclusively in the New World in tropical and subtropical regions. Most species of Pseudomyrmex are generalist twig nesters, but the genus is best known for several species that are obligate mutualists with Acacia

Acacia

Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...

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Species include:

• 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
  Pseudomyrmex ferruginea
  The acacia ant is a species of ant of the genus Pseudomyrmex. These arboreal, wasp-like ants have a orange-brown body around 3 cm in length and very large eyes...
  
  (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
  Pseudomyrmex leptosus
  Pseudomyrmex leptosus is a species of insect in family Formicidae. It is endemic to the United States.-Source:* Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
  
  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
  Pseudomyrmex pallidus
  Pseudomyrmex pallidus is a species of ant found in the Nearctic ecozone with an extensive range throughout the southern United States to Central America.-Morphology:...
  
  (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 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
  Pseudomyrmex spinicola
  Pseudomyrmex spinicola is a species of red myrmecophyte-inhabiting neotropical ants which are found only in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They live in the thorns of a tropical tree, Acacia collinsii, feeding on nectaries along with the protein and lipid-rich beltian bodies...
  
  (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)