Cyphomyrmex rimosus

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The genus Cyphomyrmex is non-monophyletic, consisting of at least two and possibly even three non-sister clades. One of those clades is the "Cyphomyrmex rimous group," containing within it a derived group of yeast-cultivating species. C. rimosus is the most widespread of the yeast-growers and, indeed, one of the most widespread of all attine species, occurring in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. It is arguably a complex of cryptic species. Colonies are frequently encountered in leaf litter, under logs, in tangles of epiphytic roots, in abandoned termite mounds, in hollow coconuts, and in adventitious cavities in the soil and even rock cliffs. The fungus garden, consisting of yeast nodules, is supplied by the ants with insect and millipede frass as well as regurgitated nectar. Nests almost invariably contain ant exoskeletons and beetle elytra imported by the ants for unknown reasons. Comparative genomic data from a member of the Cyphomyrmex rimosus group will, among other things, be extremely important for understanding the transition from lower attine agriculture to yeast agriculture. Ted Schultz

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Cyphomyrmex rimosus
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Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Cyphomyrmex
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 34702
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