Cyphomyrmex (lat.) - the genus of ants of the tribe of the fungi aquatic Attini from the subfamily Myrmicinae . Characterized by their close symbiosis with mushrooms. Working individuals are small, monomorphic (1.5β3 mm), antennae 11 segmented (13 in males). The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, pupae are naked (without cocoon). The nest consists of one cell-camera. As a substrate for mycelium, insect feces and pieces of fruit are used [1] .
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Genetics
- 3 Classification
- 4 List of species
- 5 See also
- 6 notes
- 7 Literature
- 8 References
Distribution
The genus is characteristic exclusively of the New World and is found only in Neotropics .
Genetics
The diploid set of chromosomes is 2n = 20, 32 [2] .
Classification
The genus belongs to a subgroup of lower fungus ants (7 genera: Mycetarotes , Myrmicocrypta , Mycocepurus , Apterostigma , Cyphomyrmex , Mycetosoritis and Mycetophylax ) and includes about 40 species (Schultz, 2000; Schultz & Meier 1995; Wetterer et al., 1998). The genus was first isolated in 1862 on the basis of the type species Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862 .
List of Species
- Cyphomyrmex auritus Mayr, 1887
- Cyphomyrmex bicarinatus Snelling & Longino, 1992
- Cyphomyrmex bicornis Forel , 1896
- Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus Emery , 1894
- Cyphomyrmex bruchi Santschi, 1917
- Cyphomyrmex castagnei MacKay & Baena, 1993
- Cyphomyrmex cornutus Kempf, 1968
- Cyphomyrmex costatus Mann, 1922
- Cyphomyrmex daguerrei Santschi, 1933
- Cyphomyrmex dixus Snelling & Longino, 1992
- Cyphomyrmex faunulus Wheeler, WM, 1925
- Cyphomyrmex flavidus pergande, 1896
- Cyphomyrmex foxi Andre, 1892
- Cyphomyrmex hamulatus Weber, 1938
- Cyphomyrmex kirbyi Mayr, 1887
- Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber, 1938
- Cyphomyrmex lectus Forel, 1911
- Cyphomyrmex lilloanus Kusnezov, 1949
- Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber, 1940
- Cyphomyrmex major Forel, 1901
- Cyphomyrmex maya De Andrade, 2003
- Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862 typus
- Cyphomyrmex morschi Emery, 1888
- Cyphomyrmex muellerei Schultz & Solomon, 2002
- Cyphomyrmex nemei Kusnezov, 1957
- Cyphomyrmex nesiotus Snelling & Longino, 1992
- Cyphomyrmex occultus Kempf, 1964
- Cyphomyrmex olitor Forel, 1893
- Cyphomyrmex paniscus Wheeler, WM, 1925
- Cyphomyrmex peltatus Kempf, 1966
- Cyphomyrmex plaumanni Kempf, 1962
- Cyphomyrmex podargus Snelling & Longino, 1992
- Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851
- Cyphomyrmex salvini Forel, 1899
- Cyphomyrmex strigatus Mayr, 1887
- Cyphomyrmex transversus emery, 1894
- Cyphomyrmex vallensis Kusnezov, 1949
- Cyphomyrmex vorticis Weber, 1940
- Cyphomyrmex wheeleri Forel, 1900
See also
- List of Ant Births
Notes
- β HΓΆlldobler B. , Wilson EO The Ants . - Harvard University Press, 1990. - P. 606. - 732 p. - ISBN 0674040759 .
- β Lorite P. & Palomeque T. Karyotype evolution in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a review of the known ant chromosome numbers. - Myrmecologische Nachrichten (Wien). - 2010. Volume 13, Pages 89-102. (Retrieved December 12, 2010)
Literature
- Bolton B., A new general catalog of the ants of the world , Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995.
- Wetterer JK, TR Schultz, et Meier R. ( 1998 ). Phylogeny of fungus-growing ants (tribe Attini) based on mtDNA sequence and morphology. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 9: 42-47.