Myrmicocrypta is a Neotropical genus of fungus-growing ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known from Mexico to Argentina. Their colonies are generally small, consisting of fewer than 200 individuals.[3]
| Myrmicocrypta | |
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| Myrmicocrypta squamosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Myrmicocrypta Smith, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmicocrypta squamosa[1] | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 27 species | |
Species edit
- Myrmicocrypta boliviana Weber, 1938
- Myrmicocrypta bruchi Santschi, 1936
- Myrmicocrypta buenzlii Borgmeier, 1934
- Myrmicocrypta collaris Emery, 1913
- Myrmicocrypta dilacerata (Forel, 1885)
- Myrmicocrypta ednaella Mann, 1922
- Myrmicocrypta elisabethae Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta foreli Mann, 1916
- Myrmicocrypta godmani Forel, 1899
- Myrmicocrypta guianensis Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta infuscata Weber, 1946
- Myrmicocrypta longinoda Weber, 1938
- Myrmicocrypta microphthalma Borgmeier, 1948
- Myrmicocrypta occipitalis Weber, 1938
- Myrmicocrypta ogloblini Santschi, 1936
- Myrmicocrypta rudiscapa Emery, 1913
- Myrmicocrypta spinosa Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta squamosa Smith, 1860
- Myrmicocrypta subnitida Forel, 1899
- Myrmicocrypta triangulata Forel, 1912
- Myrmicocrypta tuberculata Weber, 1938
- Myrmicocrypta unidentata Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta weyrauchi Borgmeier, 1948
References edit
- ^ "Genus: Myrmicocrypta". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmicocrypta". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Sosa-Calvo, J.; Schultz, T. R. (2010). "Three remarkable new fungus-growing ant species of the genus Myrmicocrypta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a reassessment of the characters that define the genus and its position within the Attini". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 103 (2): 181–195. doi:10.1603/an09108.
External links edit
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