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Mycetophylax
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Mycetophylax

Mycetophylax is a genus of fungus-growing ants. The genus is characterized exclusively for the New World and is only found on coastal sandy beaches and shallow waters of Brazil.

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21 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Mycetophylax conformis

speciesMycetophylax conformis

Mycetophylax simplex

speciesMycetophylax simplex

Mycetophylax faunulus

speciesMycetophylax faunulus

Mycetophylax lectus

speciesMycetophylax lectus

Mycetophylax olitor

speciesMycetophylax olitor

Mycetophylax andersoni

speciesMycetophylax andersoni

Mycetophylax asper

speciesMycetophylax asper

Mycetophylax auritus

speciesMycetophylax auritus

Mycetophylax bigibbosus

speciesMycetophylax bigibbosus

Mycetophylax bruchi

speciesMycetophylax bruchi

Mycetophylax clorindae

speciesMycetophylax clorindae

Mycetophylax daguerrei

speciesMycetophylax daguerrei

Mycetophylax lilloanus

speciesMycetophylax lilloanus

Mycetophylax morschi

speciesMycetophylax morschi

Mycetophylax nemei

speciesMycetophylax nemei

Mycetophylax occultus

speciesMycetophylax occultus

Mycetophylax paniscus

speciesMycetophylax paniscus

Mycetophylax plaumanni

speciesMycetophylax plaumanni

Mycetophylax snellingi

speciesMycetophylax snellingi

Mycetophylax strigatus

speciesMycetophylax strigatus

Mycetophylax vallensis

speciesMycetophylax vallensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 637592.