Mycetophylax

Mycetophylax
Mycetophylax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Mycetophylax
Species

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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.[1]

Systematics

  • Mycetophylax bruchi (Santschi, 1916)
  • Mycetophylax conformis (Mayr, 1884)
  • Mycetophylax cristulatus (Santschi, 1922)
  • Mycetophylax emeryi (Forel, 1907)
  • Mycetophylax glaber Weber, 1948
  • Mycetophylax simplex (Emery, 1888)

Footnotes