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SUBMITTER: Sosa-Calvo J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3829880 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sosa-Calvo Jeffrey J Schultz Ted R TR Brandão Carlos R F CR Klingenberg Christiana C Feitosa Rodrigo M RM Rabeling Christian C Bacci Maurício M Lopes Cauê T CT Vasconcelos Heraldo L HL
PloS one 20131115 11
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 summarized, including natural history, nest architecture, and foraging behavior. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data from four nuclear genes indicate that Cyatta abscondita is the distant sister taxon of the genus Kalathomyrmex, and that together they comprise the sister group ...[more]