Cyphomyrmex wheeleri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Cyphomyrmex
- Species
- Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
- Scientific Name
- Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
Cyphomyrmex wheeleri, the fungus gardening ant, is a species of higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae. As the common name suggests, this species grows a diversity of fungi, including year-round cultivation of Cladosporium cladosporioides, Fusarium solani, and Nigrospora sphaerica.
...Cyphomyrmex wheeleri in languages:
- English
- Wheeler’s Fungus-farming Ant
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cyphomyrmex bicornis
- Cyphomyrmex castagnei
- Cyphomyrmex cornutus
- Cyphomyrmex costatus
- Cyphomyrmex flavidus
- Cyphomyrmex hamulatus
- Cyphomyrmex longiscapus
- Cyphomyrmex minutus
- Cyphomyrmex muelleri
- Cyphomyrmex nesiotus
- Cyphomyrmex peltatus
- Cyphomyrmex rimosus
- Cyphomyrmex salvini
- Cyphomyrmex transversus
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