Paramycetophylax
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Paramycetophylax bruchi worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Paramycetophylax Kusnezov, 1956 |
Species: | P. bruchi
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Binomial name | |
Paramycetophylax bruchi Kusnezov, 1956
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Genus: Paramycetophylax". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.