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Ochetomyrmex
Ochetomyrmex semipolitus worker
Scientific 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
2 species

Ochetomyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.

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.

Species

• Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003
• Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878

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.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Ochetomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons

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