Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus Buenos Aires, Argentina - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Pseudomyrmex

is a largely tropical genus of elongate ants, usually arboreal, found throughout the warmer regions of the New World. Several Central American species have evolved complex and specialized relationships with the Acacia plants they inhabit.

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Pseudomyrmex pallidus

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Pseudomyrmex peperi is an obligate Acacia inhabitant. Here, a worker gathers a lipid-rich Beltian body from a leaf tip. The plant feeds the ants in exchange for protection from herbivores and competing plants.

Armenia, Belize

A swollen-thorn Acacia without protective ants is quickly overrun with vines.

Armenia, Belize

Pseudomyrmex peperi is an obligate Acacia inhabitant that zealously protects its host from intruding herbivores and aggressive vines. Here, workers attempt to remove vine that has come into contact with their tree.

Armenia, Belize

Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Keywords: brown ants insect insects hymenoptera formicidae pseudomyrmecinae pseudomyrmex arboreal ants slender twig ant pseudomyrma pseudomyrmex phyllophilus elongate twig ants

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Pseudomyrmex

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