Mycetophylax
| Mycetophylax | |
|---|---|
 | |
| M. conformis worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Mycetophylax Emery, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmicocrypta brittoni[1] | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 3 species | |
Mycetophylax is a genus of fungus-growing ants. The genus is characterized exclusively for the New World and is only found on coastal sandy beaches and shallow waters of Brazil.[3]
Species
- Mycetophylax conformis (Mayr, 1884)
- Mycetophylax morschi (Emery, 1888)
- Mycetophylax simplex (Emery, 1888)
References
- ↑ "Genus: Mycetophylax". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Mycetophylax". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ D. C. Cardoso, M. P. Cristiano and M. G. Tavares. 2011. Methodological remarks on rearing basal Attini ants in the laboratory for biological and evolutionary studies: overview of the genus Mycetophylax. // Insectes Sociaux. Volume 58, Number 3, 427—430, doi:10.1007/s00040-011-0160-3
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