Fungus-growing ants

Fungus-growing ants

Taxobox
name = Attini
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Formicidae
subfamilia = Myrmicinae
tribus = Attini
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Acromyrmex"
* "Apterostigma
* "Atta"
* "Cyphomyrmex"
* "Mycetagroicus"
* "Mycetarotes"
* "Mycetophylax"
* "Mycetosoritis"
* "Mycocepurus"
* "Myrmicocrypta"
* "Pseudoatta"
* "Sericomyrmex"
* "Trachymyrmex"

The fungus-growing ants "(tribe Attini)" comprises all the known fungus-growing ant species in the world participating in ant-fungus mutualism. Leafcutter ants make up 2 of the genera.


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