last updated
15.Jun.2007
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Trachymyrmex
Trachymyrmex are fungus-growing ants that are somewhat intermediate in behavior and morphology between the smaller attines (such as Cyphomyrmex) and the leaf-cutting genera Atta and Acromyrmex. They feed on a subterranean fungus that they cultivate with bits of plant debris and other detritus. Like the other fungus-growing ants, Trachymyrmex are only found in the New World.
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