Mycetophylax

is one of several small, poorly-studied genera of fungus-farming ants found in the American tropics.

Mycetophylax
A small fungus-growing ant carries a bit of caterpillar frass to her nest. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Mycetophylax
A small fungus-growing ant carries a bit of caterpillar frass to her nest. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Mycetophylax
A foraging fungus-growing ant brings caterpillar frass back to her nest. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

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