- Myrmecocystus
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Myrmecocystus Myrmecocystus sp. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Myrmecocystus
Wesmael, 1838Species 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
- ^ Morgan, R. Biology, husbandry and display of the diurnal honey ant Myrmecocystus mendax Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
- ^ Myrmecocystus honeypot ants
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