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Myrmicocrypta

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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyFormicidae
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Museum specimens

Specimen records
63
With media
11
Family
Formicidae
Collections
USNM, CEDESU-UAC, INECOL
Recorded in
Brazil, Argentina, Guyana, Mexico, Ecuador

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Attini
Image
Myrmicocrypta squamosa casent0173990 profile 1.jpg
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Commons category
Myrmicocrypta
taxon name
Myrmicocrypta
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Myrmicocrypta
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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

==Species== Myrmicocrypta boliviana Weber, 1938 Myrmicocrypta bruchi Santschi, 1936 Myrmicocrypta bucki Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010 Myrmicocrypta buenzlii Borgmeier, 1934 Myrmicocrypta camargoi Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010 Myrmicocrypta collaris Emery, 1913 Myrmicocrypta dilacerata (Forel, 1885) Myrmicocrypta ednaella Mann, 1922 Myrmicocrypta elisabethae Weber, 1937 Myrmicocrypta erectapilosa Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010 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

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