Myrmecocystus

Myrmecocystus
Myrmecocystus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1838
Species
6 recognized species, see article.

Myrmecocystus is a North American genus of ants. It is one of five genera that includes honeypot ants.^[1] Worker ants keep and tend plerergates, which are other ants that store large quantities of nutritious fluid in their abdomens to feed the colony during famine times. There

Species include:^[2]

• Myrmecocystus depilis
• Myrmecocystus flaviceps
• Myrmecocystus mendax
• Myrmecocystus mexicanus
• Myrmecocystus mimicus
• Myrmecocystus navajo

References

1. ^ Morgan, R. Biology, husbandry and display of the diurnal honey ant Myrmecocystus mendax Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
2. ^ Myrmecocystus honeypot ants

External links

• AntWeb

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