Fungus-growing ants

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Attini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genera
  • Acromyrmex
  • Apterostigma
  • Atta
  • Cyphomyrmex
  • Mycetagroicus
  • Mycetarotes
  • Mycetophylax
  • Mycetosoritis
  • Mycocepurus
  • Myrmicocrypta
  • Pseudoatta
  • Sericomyrmex
  • Trachymyrmex

The fungus-growing ants (tribe Attini) comprises all the known fungus-growing ant species in the world participating in ant-fungus mutualism. Leafcutter ants make up 2 of the genera.

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