- 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...
- they
comprise one of the two
genera of
advanced attines within the
tribe Attini,
along with Atta.
Acromyrmex species' hard
outer covering, the exoskeleton...
- 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...
- the
nests of
leafcutter ants and
other fungus-growing ants of the
tribe Attini, and the
fungal gardens of
termites (Isoptera).
Since they do not generate...
- 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...
- to
start a new colony.
There are
three castes of
female worker ants in
Attini colonies which all parti****te in
foraging plant matter to feed the fungal...
-
species of
higher myrmicine in the
family Formicidae. It is part of the
tribe Attini, or fungus-growing ants.
These two
subspecies belong to the
species Cyphomyrmex...
