Myrmothera is a genus of birds belonging to the antpitta family Grallariidae that are found in Middle and South America.

The genus was established in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot.

[2] The type species was subsequently designated by Philip Sclater in 1890 as the thrush-like antpitta.

[3][4] The genus contains 6 species:[5] Some other taxonomies, including those followed by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System and Handbook of Birds of the World, consider the Tapajos antpitta to be a subspecies of the thrush-like antpitta.

[6][7] Based on DNA analysis, the genus is considered to be a sister taxon to the genus Hylopezus.