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1 December 2010 Some Fungus-Growing Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Northeastern Mexico
Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña
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Abstract

The fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) of northeastern Mexico are poorly known. Herein new distributional records in NE Mexico and habitat observations are provided for the fungus-growing ants Apterostigma mexicanum Lattke, Atta texana (Buckley), Cyphomyrmex rimosus (Spinola), Mycocepurus smithii Forel, Mycetosoritis hartmanni Wheeler, Sericomyrmex aztecus Wheeler, Trachymyrmex smithi Buren, and Trachymyrmex turrifex Wheeler.

Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña "Some Fungus-Growing Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Northeastern Mexico," Florida Entomologist 93(4), 501-504, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.093.0404
Published: 1 December 2010
KEYWORDS
ants
attine ants
fungus
symbiosis
Tamaulipas
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