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Genus Mycetomoellerius

small primitive looking ant - Mycetomoellerius turrifex

Trachymyrmex turrifex 3 image stack - Mycetomoellerius turrifex - female

Attini - Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis - female

Mycetomoellerius turrifex - Mycetomoellerius turrifex - 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.

Internet References

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Contributed by Steven Wang on 25 May, 2021 - 6:57pm

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