Trachymyrmex

Not to be confused with Brachymyrmex.

Trachymyrmex
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Trachymyrmex
Forel, 1893
Type species
Atta septentrionalis[1]
McCook, 1881
Diversity[2]
48 species

Trachymyrmex is a genus of fungus-growing ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is mainly tropical in distribution, with most species being found in Central and South America.[3]

The queens of the species appear to mate with only one male on their nuptial flight.[4]

Species

A number of species were moved from Trachymyrmex based on molecular phylogeny by Solomon et al. 2019. Of the species formerly included, nine were retained in Trachymyrmex, while 31 of the species were moved to the new genus Mycetomoellerius, and an additional nine moved to Paratrachymyrmex.[5]

Trachymyrmex species

Species moved to Mycetomoellerius

Species moved to Paratrachymyrmex

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Trachymyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Trachymyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. ^ Rabeling, Christian; Cover, Stefan P; Johnson, Robert A; Mueller, Ulrich G (2007). "A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Zootaxa. 1664: 1–53. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1664.1.1.
  4. ^ Murakami, T.; Higashi, Seigo; Windsor, Donald (2000-09-01). "Mating frequency, colony size, polyethism and sex ratio in fungus-growing ants (Attini)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 48 (4): 276–284. doi:10.1007/s002650000243. ISSN 1432-0762. S2CID 11870497.
  5. ^ Solomon, S. E.; Rabeling, C.; Sosa-Calvo, J.; Lopes, C. T.; Rodrigues, A.; Vasconcelos, H. L.; Bacci, M. Jr.; Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R. (2019). "The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of 'higher-attine' ant agriculture". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4): 939–956. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44..939S. doi:10.1111/syen.12370. S2CID 202854839.


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