Megalomyrmex mondaboroides

Small ants (about 5 mm) tan, smooth and shiny. The width of the head (HW) 0.60-0.72 mm, the length of the head (HL) 0.64-0.78 mm, the length of the scape of the antenna (SL) 0.68-0.86 mm. The antennae of the workers are 12-segmented with a mace of 3 segments (for males, the antennae are of 13 segments). Formula of mandibular and labial palps of workers 4.3; males - 4.3 or 3.3. Zhval workers with several teeth (about 10). The sting is developed. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: petiol and postpetiol. Posterothorax without propodeal teeth. M. mondaboroides is a xenobiont associated with fungi breeders of the genus Trachymyrmex ( Cyphomyrmex costatus Mann) and Apterostigma ( Apterostigma goniodes Lattke), in whose nests they live and feed in the mushroom gardens of the host species. Some other species of the genus Megalomyrmex are known as specialized social parasites of Attini leaf cutting ants. A close species of M. symmetochus is associated with fungus breeders of the genus Sericomyrmex . The species was first described in 2010 by American worldmecologist John T. Longino ( English John T. Longino ; The Evergreen State College , Olympia , Washington ), and its valid status was confirmed during an audit in 2013 by American worldmecologists Brendon E. Boudinot ), Theodore P. Sumnicht ( Theodore P. Sumnicht ; University of Utah , Salt Lake City , Utah , USA ) and Rachelle Adams (Department of Entomology Smithsonian Institution , Washington , USA). The taxon is included in the species group Megalomyrmex silvestrii- group together with the species M. fungiraptor , M. mondabora , M. adamsae , M. nocarina , M. reina , M. silvestrii , M. symmetochus , M. wettereri ^{[1] [2]} .

• Mushroom ants

• Boudinot, BE, Sumnicht, TP & Adams, RMM Central American ants of the genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): six new species and keys to workers and males (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2013 .-- Vol. 3732. - P. 1-82. - ISSN 1175-5326 .
• Brandão, CRF Further revisionary studies on the ant gentus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo): Journal. - São Paulo , Brazil: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, 2003 .-- Vol. 43. - P. 145-159. - ISSN 1807-0205 .
• Longino, John T. A taxonomic review of the ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Central America (English) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2010 .-- Vol. 2720. - P. 35-58. - ISSN 1175-5326 .