Cyphomyrmex wheeleri

Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cyphomyrmex
Species:
C. wheeleri
Binomial name
Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
Forel, 1900

Cyphomyrmex wheeleri, the fungus gardening ant, is a species of higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3][4] As the common name suggests, this species grows a diversity of fungi, including year-round cultivation of Cladosporium cladosporioides, Fusarium solani, and Nigrospora sphaerica.[5]

Fungus gardening ant, Cyphomyrmex wheeleri

References

  1. ^ "Cyphomyrmex wheeleri Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Cyphomyrmex wheeleri". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Rodrigues, Andre; Mueller, Ulrich G.; Ishak, Heather D.; Bacci Jr, Maurício; Pagnocca, Fernando C. (2011-07-14). "Ecology of microfungal communities in gardens of fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a year-long survey of three species of attine ants in Central Texas". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 78 (2). Oxford University Press (OUP): 244–255. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01152.x. ISSN 0168-6496.

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