Paramycetophylax Explained

Paramycetophylax is a genus of fungus-growing ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains the single species Paramycetophylax bruchi, known only from Argentina. Workers collect leaflets from Prosopis flexuosa that they bring back to the nest to act as substrate for the fungus.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Hanisch . Priscila Elena . Sosa-Calvo . Jeffrey . Schultz . Ted R . 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 . 1 January 2022 . 6 . 1 . 11 . 10.1093/isd/ixab029 . 20 July 2022. free .