Browsing by Author "Lopes, Caue T."

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Cyatta abscondita: Taxonomy, Evolution, and Natural History of a New Fungus-Farming Ant Genus from Brazil

Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey; Schultz, Ted R.; Brandao, Carlos R. F.; Klingenberg, Christiana; Feitosa, Rodrigo M.; Rabeling, Christian; Bacci, Mauricio, Jr.; Lopes, Caue T.; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L. (2013)

Cyatta abscondita, a new genus and species of fungus-farming ant from Brazil, is described based on morphological study of more than 20 workers, two dealate gynes, one male, and two larvae. Ecological field data are ...
Nesting biology and fungiculture of the fungus-growing ant, Mycetagroicus cerradensis: New light on the origin of higher-attine agriculture

Solomon, Scott E.; Lopes, Caue T.; Mueller, Ulrich G.; Rodrigues, Andre; Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey; Schultz, Ted R.; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L. (2011)

The genus Mycetagroicus is perhaps the least known of all fungus-growing ant genera, having been first described in 2001 from museum specimens. A recent molecular phylogenetic analysis of the fungus-growing ants demonstrated ...

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