Pseudomyrmex termitarius

De Oliveira et al. (2015), studying ant occupancy of Cecropia trees in southwest Bahia, Brazil, found a colony of  nesting in a Cecropia pachystachya tree.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Grenada, Guyana, Lesser Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 * elegans. Pseudomyrma elegans Smith, F. 1855c: 159 (w.) BRAZIL. Forel, 1912g: 19 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 382 (l.). Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kusnezov, 1953e: 214. Junior synonym of termitarius: Kempf, 1960a: 8.
 * nigriceps. Pseudomyrma nigriceps Smith, F. 1855c: 159 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kusnezov, 1953e: 214. Subspecies of tenuis: Santschi, 1922b: 345. Junior synonym of termitarius: Perrault, 1988a: 384. See also: Kempf, 1960a: 7.
 *  termitarius. Pseudomyrma termitaria Smith, F. 1855c: 158 (w.q.) BRAZIL. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973d: 207 (l.). Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1960a: 8. Junior synonym of gracilis: Forel, 1911e: 276. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of gracilis: Forel, 1912g: 19. Subspecies of denticollis: Gallardo, 1932a: 56. Revived status as species: Kempf, 1960a: 8. Senior synonym of breviceps, elegans, infusca: Kempf, 1960a: 8; of nigriceps: Perrault, 1988a: 384.
 * infusca. Pseudomyrma denticollis var. infusca Forel, 1908c: 382 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of termitarius: Kempf, 1960a: 8.
 * breviceps. Pseudomyrma elegans r. breviceps Forel, 1912g: 20 (w.) TRINIDAD. Junior synonym of termitarius: Kempf, 1960a: 8.