a mature eucalyptus tree overnight". The cutting of leaves to grow fungus to feed millions of ants per colony has a large ecological impact in the subtropical areas in which they reside. Genera Acanthognathus Acromyrmex Allomerus Apterostigma Atta †Attaichnus Basiceros Blepharidatta Cephalotes Chimaeridris Colobostruma Cyatta Cyphomyrmex Daceton Diaphoromyrma Epopostruma Eurhopalothrix Ishakidris Kalathomyrmex Lachnomyrmex Lenomyrmex Mesostruma Microdaceton Mycetagroicus Mycetarotes Mycetomoellerius Mycetophylax Mycetosoritis Mycocepurus Myrmicocrypta Ochetomyrmex Octostruma Orectognathus Paramycetophylax Phalacromyrmex Pheidole Pilotrochus Procryptocerus Protalaridris Pseudoatta Rhopalothrix Sericomyrmex Strumigenys Talaridris Trachymyrmex Tranopelta Wasmannia Xerolitor See also Ant–fungus mutualism Fungus-growing termites List of leafcutter ants Leucoagaricus gongylophorus References Cited texts Hölldobler, Bert and Wilson, EO. (2009). The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies. W. W. Norton & Company. External links Myrmicinae Extant Paleocene first appearances