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Fungus-growing Ants
Attina
Fungus-growing ants (subtribe Attina) comprise all the known fungus-growing ant species participating in ant-fungus mutualism. They are the sister group to the subtribe Dacetina. Leafcutter ants, including Atta and Acromyrmex, make up two of the genera. Their cultivars mostly come from the fungal tribe Leucocoprineae of family Agaricaceae.
20 branches of this group, most-observed first
Atta Leaf-cutter Ants
genusAtta
Acromyrmex Leaf-cutter Ants
genusAcromyrmex
Trachymyrmex
genusTrachymyrmex
Cyphomyrmex
genusCyphomyrmex
Amoimyrmex Leaf-cutter Ants
genusAmoimyrmex
Coral Fungus-farming Ants & Allies
genusApterostigma
Mycetomoellerius
genusMycetomoellerius
Mycocepurus
genusMycocepurus
Sericomyrmex
genusSericomyrmex
Paratrachymyrmex
genusParatrachymyrmex
Myrmicocrypta
genusMyrmicocrypta
Mycetophylax
genusMycetophylax
Mycetosoritis
genusMycetosoritis
Kalathomyrmex
genusKalathomyrmex
Pseudoatta
genusPseudoatta
Mycetarotes
genusMycetarotes
Paramycetophylax
genusParamycetophylax
Cyatta
genusCyatta
Mycetagroicus
genusMycetagroicus
Xerolitor
genusXerolitor
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Attina in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 891179.