Biology:Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
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Short description: Species of ant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Cyphomyrmex |
| Species: | C. wheeleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyphomyrmex wheeleri Forel, 1900
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Cyphomyrmex wheeleri, the fungus gardening ant, is a species of higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3][4] As the common name suggests, this species grows a diversity of fungi, including year-round cultivation of Cladosporium cladosporioides, Fusarium solani, and Nigrospora sphaerica.[5]
References
- ↑ "Cyphomyrmex wheeleri Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=574394. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Cyphomyrmex wheeleri". https://www.gbif.org/species/1315824. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Cyphomyrmex wheeleri species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/835173. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. https://www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ Rodrigues, Andre; Mueller, Ulrich G.; Ishak, Heather D.; Bacci Jr, Maurício; Pagnocca, Fernando C. (2011-07-14). "Ecology of microfungal communities in gardens of fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a year-long survey of three species of attine ants in Central Texas". FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Oxford University Press (OUP)) 78 (2): 244–255. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01152.x. ISSN 0168-6496.
Further reading
- Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World". unpublished communication. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/3/31/NGC_May_2016.pdf. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10262760 entry
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