Mycetophylax

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]

Mycetophylax
Mycetophylax conformis worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Species

  • Mycetophylax conformis (Mayr, 1884)
  • Mycetophylax morschi (Emery, 1888)
  • Mycetophylax simplex (Emery, 1888)

References

  1. "Genus: Mycetophylax". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. Bolton, B. (2014). "Mycetophylax". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.


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