Cyphomyrmex Mayr

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 32

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scientific name	Cyphomyrmex Mayr
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There are two species of Cyphomyrmex recorded from California, both groundnesting and infrequently encountered. These fungusgrowing ants collect caterpillar frass and other organic matter, on which they cultivate fungal mycelia or (in some species) yeasts.

Species identification: keys in Snelling and Longino (1992). Additional references: De Andrade (2003), Kempf (1964d, 1966), Schultz et al. (2002), Weber (1972).

References

Schultz, T. R., Solomon, S. A., Mueller, U. G., Villesen, P., Boomsma, J. J., Adams, R. M. M. & Norden, B. (2002) Cryptic speciation in the fungus-growing ants Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae, Attini). Insectes Sociaux, 49, 331 - 343.

Kempf, W. W. (1964 d) A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part I: Group of strigatus Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica, 7, 1 - 44.

Kempf, W. W. (1966 ( 1965 )) A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part II: Group of rimosus (Spinola) (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica, 8, 161 - 200.

Snelling, R. R. & Longino, J. T. (1992) Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini). In: Quintero, D. & Aiello, A. (Eds), Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 479 - 494.

Weber, N. A. (1972) Gardening ants, the attines. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, xvii + 146 pp.