How do leaf-cutting ants recognize antagonistic microbes in their fungal crops?
Leaf-cutting ants employ diverse behavioral strategies for promoting the growth of fungal
cultivars in a structure known as fungus garden. As a nutritionally rich resource for the ants …
cultivars in a structure known as fungus garden. As a nutritionally rich resource for the ants …
Ants/nest-associated fungi and their specialized metabolites: taxonomy, chemistry, and bioactivity
Microscopic fungi occupy a vast number of habitats, are taxonomically diverse, degrade
complex substrates, and have stood out for their capacity to biosynthesize a plethora of …
complex substrates, and have stood out for their capacity to biosynthesize a plethora of …
Amoimyrmex Cristiano, Cardoso & Sandoval, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a new genus of leaf‐cutting ants revealed by multilocus molecular phylogenetic …
Leaf‐cutting ants (genera Acromyrmex and Atta) are the most important herbivores in the
Neotropical region. Within the genus Acromyrmex, the species and subspecies Acromyrmex …
Neotropical region. Within the genus Acromyrmex, the species and subspecies Acromyrmex …
The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of 'higher‐attine' ant …
The fungus‐growing ants and their fungal cultivars constitute a classic example of a
mutualism that has led to complex coevolutionary dynamics spanning c. 55–65 Ma. Of the …
mutualism that has led to complex coevolutionary dynamics spanning c. 55–65 Ma. Of the …
Phylogenetic patterns of ant–fungus associations indicate that farming strategies, not only a superior fungal cultivar, explain the ecological success of leafcutter ants
To elucidate fungicultural specializations contributing to ecological dominance of leafcutter
ants, we estimate the phylogeny of fungi cultivated by fungus‐growing (attine) ants …
ants, we estimate the phylogeny of fungi cultivated by fungus‐growing (attine) ants …
Phylogenomic reconstruction reveals new insights into the evolution and biogeography of Atta leaf‐cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Atta Fabricius is an ecologically dominant leaf‐cutting ant genus, the major herbivore of the
Neotropics, and an agricultural pest of great economic importance. Phylogenetic …
Neotropics, and an agricultural pest of great economic importance. Phylogenetic …
Acromyrmex fowleri: a new inquiline social parasite species of leaf-cutting ants from South America, with a discussion of social parasite biogeography in the …
C Rabeling, S Messer, S Lacau, IC Do Nascimento… - Insectes Sociaux, 2019 - Springer
Ant inquiline social parasites obligately depend on their hosts for survival and reproduction.
Because of their shift from a eusocial to a socially parasitic life history, inquiline social …
Because of their shift from a eusocial to a socially parasitic life history, inquiline social …
Life history, nest longevity, sex ratio, and nest architecture of the fungus-growing ant Mycetosoritis hartmanni (Formicidae: Attina)
Mycetosoritis hartmanni is a rarely collected fungus-farming ant of North America. We
describe life history and nest architecture for a M. hartmanni population in central Texas …
describe life history and nest architecture for a M. hartmanni population in central Texas …
Unraveling fungal species cultivated by lower attine ants
Fungus-growing attine ants rely on an obligatory nutritional mutualism with fungi. Most attine
ant genera cultivate fungi in the basidiomycete tribe Leucocoprineae (Agaricales …
ant genera cultivate fungi in the basidiomycete tribe Leucocoprineae (Agaricales …
Evolution, systematics, and natural history of a new genus of cryptobiotic fungus‐growing ants
Xerolitor, a new, monotypic genus of fungus‐growing ants, is described to accommodate the
phylogenetically isolated, relict species Mycetosoritis explicatus Kempf. We also diagnose …
phylogenetically isolated, relict species Mycetosoritis explicatus Kempf. We also diagnose …