Detailed Record for Mycetophylax conformis

Common Name: Fungus-growing ant

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Infra Class Neoptera / Super Order Holometabola / Order Hymenoptera / Family Formicidae / Genus Mycetophylax

C-value (pg): 0.32

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Scaptotrigona xantotricha = 0.43pg

References:
Cardoso, D.C., C.R. Carvalho, M.P. Cristiano, F.A.F. Soares, M.G. Tavares (2012). Estimation of nuclear genome size of the genus Mycetophylax Emery, 1913: evidence of no whole-genome duplication in Neoattini. Comptes Rendus Biologies 335: 619-624.

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