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Acromyrmex Mayr
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Genus Acromyrmex Mayr
These leafcutting ants are represented in California by a single species, Acromyrmex versicolor (Pergande), confined to the southern deserts. The harvested leaves are used to culture a basidiomycete fungus, which is the principal food of the ants. References: Gamboa (1975, 1976), Johnson and Rissing (1993), Julian and Fewell (2004), Mueller et al. (2001), Reichardt and Wheeler (1996), Rissing et al. (1986, 1989), Snelling and George (1979), Weber (1972).
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Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171144
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.171144 (DOI)
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- https://www.gbif.org/species/120674451 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/39107/taxon/9E2AA724FFC8FFCBFEBFFCE4C5E8FBF6.taxon (URL)
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- Mayr
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- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
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- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
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- Acromyrmex
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- genus
References
- Gamboa, G. J. (1975) Foraging and leaf-cutting of the desert gardening ant Acromyrmex versicolor versicolor (Pergande) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Oecologia (Berlin), 20, 103 - 110.
- Gamboa, G. J. (1976) Effects of temperature on the surface activity of the desert leaf-cutter ant, Acromyrmex versicolor versicolor (Pergande) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Midland Naturalist, 95, 485 - 491.
- Johnson, R. A. & Rissing, S. W. (1993) Breeding biology of the desert leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor (Pergande) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 66, 127 - 128.
- Julian, G. E. & Fewell, J. H. (2004) Genetic variation and task specialization in the desert leaf-cutter ant, Acromyrmex versicolor. Animal Behaviour, 68, 1 - 8.
- Mueller, U. G., Schultz, T. R., Currie, C. R., Adams, R. M. M. & Malloch, D. (2001) The origin of the attine ant-fungus mutualism. Quarterly Review of Biology, 76, 169 - 197.
- Reichardt, A. K. & Wheeler, D. E. (1996) Multiple mating in the ant Acromyrmex versicolor: a case of female control. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 38, 219 - 225.
- Rissing, S. W., Johnson, R. A. & Pollock, G. B. (1986) Natal nest distribution and pleometrosis in the desert leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor (Pergnade) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge), 93, 177 - 186.
- Rissing, S. W., Pollock, G. B. & Higgins, M. R. (1989) Foraging specialization without relatedness or dominance among co-founding ant queens. Nature (London), 338, 420 - 422.
- Snelling, R. R. & George, C. D. (1979) The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants. Report to California Desert Plan Program, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Dept. Interior. 335 pp. + 89 pp.
- Weber, N. A. (1972) Gardening ants, the attines. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, xvii + 146 pp.