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Mycocepurus is a genus of small attines that occurs from southern Mexico to northern Argentina (Kempf 1963, Mackay 1998). There are five known species, three of which occur in Costa Rica (MacKay et al. 2004).
Literature Cited
Kempf, W. W. 1963. A review of the ant genus Mycocepurus Forel, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 6:417-432.
MacKay, W. P. 1998. Dos especies nuevas de hormigas de la tribu Attini de Costa Rica y Mexico: Mycetosoritis vinsoni y Mycocepurus curvispinosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 46:421-426.
Mackay, W. P., J. M. Maes, P. R. Fernandez, and G. Luna. 2004. The ants of North and Central America: the genus Mycocepurus (Hymenoptera : Formicidae). 7pp. Journal of Insect Science, 4:27, Available online: insectscience.org/4.27
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John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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