First Record of the Genus Mycetarotes (Emery, 1913) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Colombia

First Record of the Genus Mycetarotes (Emery, 1913) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Colombia

The genus Mycetarotes is a fungus-growing ant (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) mostly recorded south of the Amazon: in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. Here we report the first record of this genus in Colombia: M. parallelus (Emery, 1906). We collected the specimen using pitfa...

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Main Authors:	Andrés Fernando Sánchez, Claudia Alejandra Medina, Graham W Prescott
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2015-06-01
Series:	Sociobiology
Subjects:	fungus growing ant biodiversity ants oil palm Colombian Llanos
Online Access:	http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/728

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