- Mycocepurus
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Mycocepurus Mycocepurus goeldii Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Suborder: Apocrita Superfamily: Vespoidea Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Myrmicinae Tribe: Attini Genus: Mycocepurus Mycocepurus is a genus of ants. One of its species, Mycocepurus smithii, which lives in South America, reproduces by cloning – all ants in a colony are clones of the queen.[1]
Contains the following species:
- Mycocepurus curvispinosus MacKay 1998
- Mycocepurus goeldii (Forel, 1893)
- Mycocepurus obsoletus Emery, 1913
- Mycocepurus smithii (Forel, 1893)
- Mycocepurus tardus Weber, 1940
References
- ^ Females get along fine without males - in the world of tropical ants, The Telegraph, April 16, 2009
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