Myrmicocrypta
| Myrmicocrypta | |
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| Myrmicocrypta squamosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Myrmicocrypta Smith, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmicocrypta squamosa | |
| Diversity | |
| 27 species | |
Myrmicocrypta is a Neotropical genus of fungus-growing ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known from Mexico to Argentina. Their colonies are generally small, consisting of fewer than 200 individuals.
Species
- Myrmicocrypta boliviana Weber, 1938
- Myrmicocrypta bruchi Santschi, 1936
- Myrmicocrypta bucki Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010
- Myrmicocrypta buenzlii Borgmeier, 1934
- Myrmicocrypta camargoi Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010
- Myrmicocrypta collaris Emery, 1913
- Myrmicocrypta dilacerata (Forel, 1885)
- Myrmicocrypta ednaella Mann, 1922
- Myrmicocrypta elisabethae Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta erectapilosa Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010
- Myrmicocrypta foreli Mann, 1916
- Myrmicocrypta godmani Forel, 1899
- Myrmicocrypta guianensis Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta infuscata Weber, 1946
- Myrmicocrypta longinoda Weber, 1938
- Myrmicocrypta microphthalma Borgmeier, 1948
- Myrmicocrypta occipitalis Weber, 1938
- Myrmicocrypta ogloblini Santschi, 1936
- Myrmicocrypta rudiscapa Emery, 1913
- Myrmicocrypta spinosa Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta squamosa Smith, 1860
- Myrmicocrypta subnitida Forel, 1899
- Myrmicocrypta triangulata Forel, 1912
- Myrmicocrypta tuberculata Weber, 1938
- Myrmicocrypta unidentata Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937
- Myrmicocrypta weyrauchi Borgmeier, 1948