Paramycetophylax is a genus of fungus-growing ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[1] It contains the single species Paramycetophylax bruchi, known only from Argentina.[2] Workers collect leaflets from Prosopis flexuosa that they bring back to the nest to act as substrate for the fungus.[3]
| Paramycetophylax | |
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| Paramycetophylax bruchi worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Paramycetophylax Kusnezov, 1956 |
| Species: | P. bruchi
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| Binomial name | |
| Paramycetophylax bruchi Kusnezov, 1956
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References
edit- ^ "Genus: Paramycetophylax". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Klingenberg, C.; Brandão, C. R. F. (2009). "Revision of the fungus-growing ant genera Mycetophylax Emery and Paramycetophylax Kusnezov rev. stat., and description of Kalathomyrmex n. gen. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)". Zootaxa. 2052: 1–31. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2052.1.1.
- ^ Hanisch, Priscila Elena; Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey; Schultz, Ted R (1 January 2022). "The Last Piece of the Puzzle? Phylogenetic Position and Natural History of the Monotypic Fungus-Farming Ant Genus Paramycetophylax (Formicidae: Attini)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 6 (1): 11. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab029. Retrieved 20 July 2022.