Paramycetophylax

Paramycetophylax is a genus of fungus-growing ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[1] It contains the single species Paramycetophylax bruchi, known only from Argentina.[2] Workers collect leaflets from Prosopis flexuosa that they bring back to the nest to act as substrate for the fungus.[3]

Paramycetophylax
Paramycetophylax bruchi worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Paramycetophylax
Kusnezov, 1956
Species:
P. bruchi
Binomial name
Paramycetophylax bruchi
Kusnezov, 1956

References
  1. "Genus: Paramycetophylax". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. Klingenberg, C.; Brandão, C. R. F. (2009). "Revision of the fungus-growing ant genera Mycetophylax Emery and Paramycetophylax Kusnezov rev. stat., and description of Kalathomyrmex n. gen. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)". Zootaxa. 2052: 1–31. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2052.1.1.
  3. Hanisch, Priscila Elena; Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey; Schultz, Ted R (1 January 2022). "The Last Piece of the Puzzle? Phylogenetic Position and Natural History of the Monotypic Fungus-Farming Ant Genus Paramycetophylax (Formicidae: Attini)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 6 (1): 11. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab029. Retrieved 20 July 2022.


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