Apterostigma
Apterostigma Temporal range: [1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Apterostigma Mayr, 1865[2] |
Type species | |
Apterostigma pilosum Mayr, 1865
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Diversity[3] | |
47 species |
Apterostigma is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. Two species have been described from fossils preserved in Dominican amber,[1] while the others are extant. They are fungus-growing ants, though, unlike the majority of other species in Attini who grow Lepiotaceae, some species have begun cultivating Tricholomataceae.[4][5]
Species[]
- Lattke, 1997
- Lattke, 1997
- Lattke, 1997
- Lattke, 1997
- Wheeler, 1925
- Lattke, 1997
- Weber, 1938
- Santschi, 1919
- Lattke, 1997
- Wheeler, 1911
- Lattke, 1997
- Lattke, 1997
- Emery, 1896
- Lattke, 1997
- Wheeler, 1925
- Lattke, 1997
- Weber, 1937
- †Apterostigma electropilosum Schultz, 2007[1]
- †Apterostigma eowilsoni Schultz, 2007[1]
- Weber, 1937
- Borgmeier, 1934
- Lattke, 1997
- Weber, 1937
- Wheeler, 1925
- Weber, 1938
- Weber, 1938
- Forel, 1893
- Lattke, 1999
- Lattke, 1997
- Forel, 1892
- Lattke, 1997
- Wheeler, 1925
- Mayr, 1865
- Lattke, 1997
- Emery, 1896
- Forel, 1885
- Lattke, 1997
- Lattke, 1997
- Santschi, 1911
- Lattke, 1997
- Lattke, 1997
- Weber, 1940
- Lattke, 1997
- Lattke, 1997
- Lattke, 1997
- Forel, 1893
- Forel, 1892
References[]
- ^ a b c d Schultz, T.R. (2007). "The fungus-growing ant genus Apterostigma in Dominican amber". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 80: 425–436.
- ^ "AntWeb - Ants of the World". Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Apterostigma". AntCat. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Currie, C. R.; Adams, R. M.; Malloch, D. (June 2001). "The origin of the attine ant-fungus mutualism". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 76 (2): 169–197. doi:10.1086/393867. ISSN 0033-5770. PMID 11409051. S2CID 19465007.
- ^ Villesen, Palle; Mueller, Ulrich G.; Schultz, Ted R.; Adams, Rachelle M. M.; Bouck, Amy C. (October 2004). "Evolution of ant-cultivar specialization and cultivar switching in Apterostigma fungus-growing ants". Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 58 (10): 2252–2265. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01601.x. ISSN 0014-3820. PMID 15562688. S2CID 202842261.
External links[]
Media related to Apterostigma at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Myrmicinae
- Ant genera
- Hymenoptera of South America
- Hymenoptera of North America
- Myrmicinae stubs