Mycocepurus
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Mycocepurus is a genus of ants. One of its species, Mycocepurus smithii
, which lives in South America, reproduces by cloning
– all ants in a colony are clones of the queen.
Contains the following species:
Mycocepurus smithii
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...
, which lives in South America, reproduces by cloning
Cloning
Cloning in biology is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments , cells , or...
– all ants in a colony are clones of the queen.
Contains the following species:
- Mycocepurus curvispinosus MacKay 1998
- Mycocepurus goeldii (Forel, 1893)
- Mycocepurus obsoletus Emery, 1913
- Mycocepurus smithiiMycocepurus smithiiMycocepurus 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...
(Forel, 1893) - Mycocepurus tardus Weber, 1940