Mycetophylax

Mycetophylax
	M. conformis worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Mycetophylax; Emery, 1913
Type species
	Myrmicocrypta brittoni;
Diversity
	3 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.^[3]

Species

Mycetophylax conformis (Mayr, 1884)
Mycetophylax morschi (Emery, 1888)
Mycetophylax simplex (Emery, 1888)

References

^ "Genus: Mycetophylax". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Mycetophylax". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ 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

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[AWMycetophylax-1] "Genus: Mycetophylax". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

[AntCat-2] Bolton, B. (2014). "Mycetophylax". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[springerlink-3] 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

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