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Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Cyphomyrmex
Species:	C. wheeleri
Binomial name
Cyphomyrmex wheeleri Forel, 1900

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.

References

1. "Cyphomyrmex wheeleri Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Cyphomyrmex wheeleri". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Cyphomyrmex wheeleri species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. Rodrigues, Andre; Mueller, Ulrich G.; Ishak, Heather D.; Bacci Jr, Maurício; Pagnocca, Fernando C. (2011-07-14). "Ecology of microfungal communities in gardens of fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a year-long survey of three species of attine ants in Central Texas". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 78 (2). Oxford University Press (OUP): 244–255. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01152.x. ISSN 0168-6496.

Further reading

• Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World" (PDF). unpublished communication. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Media related to Cyphomyrmex wheeleri at Wikimedia Commons

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