Genus: Mycetosoritis

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

3 species

Mycetosoritis Wheeler, 1907d PDF: 714 [as subgenus of Atta]. Type-species: Atta hartmanni, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Mycetosoritis in Myrmicinae, Attini: Emery, 1913c PDF: 251; Wheeler, 1922: 669; Emery, 1924f: 343; all subsequent authors.

Mycetosoritis as subgenus of Atta: Wheeler, 1907d PDF: 670; Wheeler, 1910a: 141.

Mycetosoritis as subgenus of Cyphomyrmex: Emery, 1913c PDF: 251; Forel, 1917 PDF: 247; Emery, 1924f: 343; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 663; Kusnezov, 1949d PDF: 444; Kusnezov, 1956a PDF: 23.

Mycetosoritis as subgenus of Trachymyrmex: Wheeler, 1922: 669.

Mycetosoritis as genus: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 317; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 146.

Genus Mycetosoritis references

Kempf, 1972b PDF: 146 (catalogue); Smith, 1979: 1410 (North America catalogue); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 269 (catalogue).

Taxon Page Images:

Mycetosoritis hartmanni in their subterranean fungus garden. The fungus- a white stringy material- grows between the bits of debris fed to it by the ants. The ants then feed from the fungus- a true agricultural system. Smithville, Texas, USA.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records) Genus is native to: Nearctic, Neotropical bioregions.

Nearctic Region: Louisiana, North America, Texas, United States
Neotropical Region: Americas, Bolivia, Boquerón, Brazil, Central America, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Petén, Santa Cruz, South America, Veracruz