Mycetosoritis
Mycetosoritis | |
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Mycetosoritis hartmanni | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Mycetosoritis Wheeler, W.M., 1907 |
Type species | |
Atta (Mycetosoritis) hartmanni, now Mycetosoritis hartmanni | |
Diversity | |
2 species (Species Checklist, Species by Country) |
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Based on Ward et al. (2014), Blaimer et al. (2018) and Li et al. (2018). |
A genus of fungus growing ants.
At a Glance | • Fungus Grower |
Contents
Identification
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Keys including this Genus
Distribution
Distribution and Richness based on AntMaps
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYCETOSORITIS [Myrmicinae: Attini]
- Mycetosoritis Wheeler, W.M. 1907c: 714 [as subgenus of Atta]. Type-species: Atta (Mycetosoritis) hartmanni, by monotypy.
- Mycetosoritis subgenus of Cyphomyrmex: Emery, 1913b: 251; Emery, 1924d: 343.
- Mycetosoritis subgenus of Trachymyrmex: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 669.
- Mycetosoritis raised to genus: Creighton, 1950a: 317.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 199, Mycetosoritis as genus)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 104: 1-585 (page 317, Mycetosoritis as genus)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 663, Mycetosoritis subgenus of Cyphomyrmex)
- Emery, C. 1913c. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [V-VII.]. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 250-262 (page 251, Mycetosoritis in Myrmicinae, Attini; Mycetosoritis subgenus of Cyphomyrmex)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 343, Mycetosoritis in Myrmicinae, Attini; Mycetosoritis subgenus of Cyphomyrmex)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 247, Mycetosoritis subgenus of Cyphomyrmex)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 146, Mycetosoritis as genus)
- Kusnezov, N. 1949d. El género Cyphomyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) en la Argentina. Acta Zool. Lilloana 8: 427-456 (page 444, Mycetosoritis subgenus of Cyphomyrmex)
- Kusnezov, N. 1956a. Claves para la identificación de las hormigas de la fauna argentina. Idia 104- 105: 1-56 (page 23, Mycetosoritis subgenus of Cyphomyrmex)
- Mueller, U.G., Schultz, T.R., Currie, C.R., Adams, R.M.M., Malloch, D. 2001. The origin of the attine ant-fungus mutualism. The Quarterly Review of Biology 76, 169-197.
- Wheeler, W. M. 1907d. The fungus-growing ants of North America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 23: 669-807 (page 714, Mycetosoritis as subgenus of Atta)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 141, Mycetosoritis as subgenus of Atta)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 669, Mycetosoritis subgenus of Trachymyrmex; Mycetosoritis in Myrmicinae, Attini)