Myrmicocrypta

Myrmicocrypta
Myrmicocrypta squamosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Myrmicocrypta Smith, 1860
Type species
Myrmicocrypta squamosa [1]
Diversity [2]
27 species

Myrmicocrypta is a Neotropical genus of fungus-growing ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known from Mexico to Argentina. Their colonies are generally small, consisting of fewer than 200 individuals. ^[3]

Species

• Myrmicocrypta boliviana Weber, 1938
• Myrmicocrypta bruchi Santschi, 1936
• Myrmicocrypta bucki Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010
• Myrmicocrypta buenzlii Borgmeier, 1934
• Myrmicocrypta camargoi Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010
• Myrmicocrypta collaris Emery, 1913
• Myrmicocrypta dilacerata (Forel, 1885)
• Myrmicocrypta ednaella Mann, 1922
• Myrmicocrypta elisabethae Weber, 1937
• Myrmicocrypta erectapilosa Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010
• Myrmicocrypta foreli Mann, 1916
• Myrmicocrypta godmani Forel, 1899
• Myrmicocrypta guianensis Weber, 1937
• Myrmicocrypta infuscata Weber, 1946
• Myrmicocrypta longinoda Weber, 1938
• Myrmicocrypta microphthalma Borgmeier, 1948
• Myrmicocrypta occipitalis Weber, 1938
• Myrmicocrypta ogloblini Santschi, 1936
• Myrmicocrypta rudiscapa Emery, 1913
• Myrmicocrypta spinosa Weber, 1937
• Myrmicocrypta squamosa Smith, 1860
• Myrmicocrypta subnitida Forel, 1899
• Myrmicocrypta triangulata Forel, 1912
• Myrmicocrypta tuberculata Weber, 1938
• Myrmicocrypta unidentata Weber, 1937
• Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937
• Myrmicocrypta weyrauchi Borgmeier, 1948

References

1. "Genus: Myrmicocrypta". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 13 October 2013.
2. Bolton, B. (2025). "Myrmicocrypta". AntCat. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
3. Sosa-Calvo, J.; Schultz, T. R. (2010). "Three remarkable new fungus-growing ant species of the genus Myrmicocrypta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a reassessment of the characters that define the genus and its position within the Attini". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 103 (2): 181–195. doi: 10.1603/an09108 .

External links

• Media related to Myrmicocrypta at Wikimedia Commons