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Cyphomyrmex

is a heterogenous genus of small, cryptic fungus-growing ants. It is among the most commonly encountered of the attines in warmer regions throughout the Americas. Unusually among attines, some Cyphomyrmex cultivate their fungus as a yeast.

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alexwild > Few Cyphomyrmex species are as decorated with sleek little ridges as the Central American Cyphomyrmex costatus. The function of the ridges is unknown, but might help to increase the rigitidy of the ants' integument.

Panama

alexwild > Cyphomyrmex costatus in their edible fungal galleries.

Panama

alexwild > Cyphomyrmex flavidus

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA

alexwild > Cyphomyrmex rimosus

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Cyphomyrmex rimosus, queen.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Male ants in the fungus garden of a Cyphomyrmex wheeleri colony.

Austin, Texas, USA

Cyphomyrmex rimosus

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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Keywords: ants insects hymenoptera formicidae myrmicinae worker ant fuscus attini cyphomyrmex fungusgrowing ants ant fungus cyphomyrmex rimosus

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