Mycetophylax
Display parents2
TaxonMycetophylax
AuthorityEmery, 1913
Type speciesMyrmicocrypta brittoni[1]
Diversity21 species

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.[2]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Mycetophylax". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ^ D. C. Cardoso, M. P. Cristiano and M. G. Tavares. 2011. Methodological remarks on rearing basal Attini ants in the laboratory for biological and evolutionary studies: overview of the genus Mycetophylax. // Insectes Sociaux. Volume 58, Number 3, 427—430, doi:10.1007/s00040-011-0160-3