PSEUDOMYRMECINAE - TWIG ANTS
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Gallery 1 - Pseudomyrmex - Elongated, generally arboreal ants with a tropical distribution (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 1a - Pseudomyrmex denticollis - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1b - Pseudomyrmex denticollis leaving nest - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1c - Pseudomyrmex denticollis nest - Pozo Colorado, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1d - Pseudomyrmex gracilis - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1e - Pseudomyrmex gracilis - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
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Gallery 2 - Pseudomyrmex - P.termitarius is one of the few members of this genus that nests in soil (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 2a - Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli  - Guarambaré, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2b - Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli  - Guarambaré, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2c - Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli  - Guarambaré, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2d - Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli attending nectary - Guarambaré, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2e - Pseudomyrmex termitarius - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2f - Pseudomyrmex termitarius - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2g - Pseudomyrmex termitarius leaving nest- San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).