- Fungus-growing ants (tribe
Attini)
comprise all the
known fungus-growing ant
species parti****ting in ant–fungus mutualism. They are
known for cutting...
- ants Atta
cephalotes (L.) and
acromyrmex octospinosus (reich) (Formicidae,
Attini)".
Bulletin of
Entomological Research. 66 (2): 205–217. doi:10.1017/S0007485300006647...
- Atta
cephalotes is a
species of
leafcutter ant in the
tribe Attini (the fungus-growing ants). A
single colony of ants can
contain up to 5
million members...
- that
comprise one of the two
genera of
leafcutting ants
within the
tribe Attini,
along with Acromyrmex. They have no sting, thus
inject no venom, although...
- they
comprise one of the two
genera of
advanced attines within the
tribe Attini,
along with Atta.
Acromyrmex species' hard
outer covering, the exoskeleton...
- the two
genera of
advanced attines (fungus-growing ants)
within the
tribe Attini. The
queen is
approximately 30 mm long, and dark brown.
Workers are dark...
- in the
subfamily Myrmicinae. It is the
northernmost species in the
tribe Attini. The
species is
common in
eastern United States,
where it
inhabits sandy...
-
other ponerines such as Anochetus, as well as some
genera in the
tribe Attini, such as Daceton, Orectognathus, and Strumigenys,
which are
viewed as examples...
- to the
three genera Atta, Acromyrmex, and Amoimyrmex,
within the
tribe Attini.
These species of tropical, fungus-growing ants are all
endemic to South...
- Neotropics,
where some of the
species are
specialized parasites or
predators of
Attini. It is
difficult to
characterize morphologically.
Bolton (2003)
placed it...
