title: Allomerus
text: # Allomerus
  
  Allomerus is a Neotropical genus of small ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Its eight species are known from the forests of South America, where they live in plant cavities and structures.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Allomerus brevipilosus Fernández, 2007
  * Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, 1878
  * Allomerus dentatus Fernández, 2007
  * Allomerus maietae Fernández, 2007
  * Allomerus octoarticulatus Mayr, 1878
  * Allomerus septemarticulatus Mayr, 1878
  * Allomerus undecemarticulatus Fernández, 2007
  * Allomerus vogeli Kempf, 1975
  
  ## Associated plants
  
  Table of known ant–host relations:
  
  | Ant | Plant |
  | - | - |
  | A. brevipilosus | Gleasonia nauensis |
  | A. decemarticulatus | Duroia sp. (probably), Gleasonia nauensis, Hirtella sp., Hirtella physophora, Tococa sp. (probably) |
  | A. dentatus | Tococa hirta |
  | A. maietae | Maieta neblinensis |
  | A. octoarticulatus | Remijia physophora, Tococa sp. |
  | A. septemarticulatus | Duroia saccifera |
  | A. vogeli | Myrmidone macrosperma |
  | A. undecemarticulatus | Tococa pachystachya |
  