Myrmicocrypta

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.^[3]

Myrmicocrypta
Myrmicocrypta squamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Myrmicocrypta Smith, 1860
Type species
Myrmicocrypta squamosa[1]
Diversity[2]
27 species

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