Myrmicocrypta

Myrmicocrypta
	Myrmicocrypta squamosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Myrmicocrypta; Smith, 1860
Type species
	Myrmicocrypta squamosa;
Diversity
	27 species

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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]

Species

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

^ "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.

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[AWMyrmicocrypta-1] "Genus: Myrmicocrypta". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

[AntCat-2] Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmicocrypta". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

[Sosa-Calvo&Schultz_2010-3] 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.

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