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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Attini » Fungus Growing Ants (Attina) » Mycetomoellerius

Genus Mycetomoellerius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Internet References
Largish ant - Mycetomoellerius turrifex small primitive looking ant - Mycetomoellerius turrifex Looks like a flying ant, but not segmented - Mycetomoellerius turrifex Ant - Mycetomoellerius turrifex Northern fungus-farming ant? - Mycetomoellerius turrifex Mycetomoellerius turrifex - Mycetomoellerius turrifex Trachymyrmex jamaicensis - Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis - female Attini - Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Attini
Subtribe Attina (Fungus Growing Ants)
Genus Mycetomoellerius
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mycetomoellerius Solomon, Rabeling, Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2019
split from Trachymyrmex in 2019
Numbers
2 species in the US, 30 total.
Range
In the US, M. turrifex in the south-central states, and M. jamaicensis in southernmost Florida.
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Contributed by Steven Wang on 25 May, 2021 - 6:57pm

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