Mycocepurus smithii is an attine fungus-growing ant from Latin America
whose species consists exclusively of females which reproduce asexually.
The queen reproduces by parthenogenesis and all ants in a colony are
female clones of the queen. The ants cultivate a garden of fungus inside
their colony grown with pieces of dead vegetables and other insects. It
is this capacity for farming which initially prompted research into the
species as a basal genus member would provide insight into the natural
history of the fungal-cultivating ant tribe, Attini.natural history of the fungal-cultivating ant tribe, Attini.
Mycocepurus smithii is an attine fungus-growing ant from Latin America
whose species consists exclusively of females which reproduce asexually.
The queen reproduces by parthenogenesis and all ants in a colony are
female clones of the queen. The ants cultivate a garden of fungus inside
their colony grown with pieces of dead vegetables and other insects. It
is this capacity for farming which initially prompted research into the
species as a basal genus member would provide insight into the natural
history of the fungal-cultivating ant tribe, Attini.
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