''Paramycetophylax'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

fungus-growing ants Fungus-growing ants (tribe Attini) comprise all the known fungus-growing ant species participating in ant–fungus mutualism. They are known for cutting grasses and leaves, carrying them to their colonies' nests, and using them to grow fungus o ...

in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains the single species ''Paramycetophylax bruchi'', known only from

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. Workers collect leaflets from '' Prosopis flexuosa'' that they bring back to the nest to act as substrate for the fungus.

References

Myrmicinae Endemic fauna of Argentina Hymenoptera of South America Monotypic ant genera {{myrmicinae-stub