Rediscovery of the enigmatic fungus-farming ant "Mycetosoritis" asper Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for taxonomy, phylogeny, and the evolution of agriculture in ants

• Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo ,

  * E-mail: schultzt@si.edu (TRS); jsosacalvo@gmail.com (JSC)

  Current address: Center for Social Insect Research, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, United States of America, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, United States of America, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States of America

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• Ana Ješovnik,

  Affiliations Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, United States of America, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States of America

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• Heraldo L. Vasconcelos,

  Affiliation Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Mauricio Bacci Jr.,

  Affiliation Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Ted R. Schultz

  * E-mail: schultzt@si.edu (TRS); jsosacalvo@gmail.com (JSC)

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, United States of America

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