''Stegomyrmex'' is a

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...

s in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Strictly Neotropical in its distribution, the genus is known from Costa Rica to northern

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. It was once considered rare, but more recent sampling has revealed that the genus is relatively common in the

leaf litter Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constituent ...

Species

*'' Stegomyrmex bensoni'' Feitosa, Brandão & Diniz, 2008 – Brazil *'' Stegomyrmex connectens'' Emery, 1912 – Peru and Bolivia *'' Stegomyrmex manni'' Smith, 1946 – Costa Rica,

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

, and Colombia *'' Stegomyrmex olindae'' Feitosa, Brandão & Diniz, 2008 – Brazil *'' Stegomyrmex vizottoi'' Diniz, 1990 – Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil

References

External links

* Myrmicinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of North America Hymenoptera of South America {{myrmicinae-stub