Mycetomoellerius turrifex | |
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M. turrifex Collected Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Texas | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Mycetomoellerius |
Species: | M. turrifex
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Binomial name | |
Mycetomoellerius turrifex (Wheeler, 1903)
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Synonyms | |
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Mycetomoellerius turrifex is a species of fungus farming ant in the myrmicine genus Mycetomoellerius. The species was formerly placed in the genus Trachymyrmex, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] but was moved to the newly erected genus Mycetomoellerius by Solomon et al (2019) based on molecular phylogenetic analysis. [6]
Two subspecies had been previously recognized in the species T. turrifex caroli (Wheeler, 1911) [1] [2] and T. t. turrifex (Wheeler, 1903), [1] [2] however Solomon et al (2019) did not recover any subspecies as distinct. [6]
Mycetomoellerius turrifex | |
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M. turrifex Collected Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Texas | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Mycetomoellerius |
Species: | M. turrifex
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Binomial name | |
Mycetomoellerius turrifex (Wheeler, 1903)
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Synonyms | |
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Mycetomoellerius turrifex is a species of fungus farming ant in the myrmicine genus Mycetomoellerius. The species was formerly placed in the genus Trachymyrmex, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] but was moved to the newly erected genus Mycetomoellerius by Solomon et al (2019) based on molecular phylogenetic analysis. [6]
Two subspecies had been previously recognized in the species T. turrifex caroli (Wheeler, 1911) [1] [2] and T. t. turrifex (Wheeler, 1903), [1] [2] however Solomon et al (2019) did not recover any subspecies as distinct. [6]