MAJOR HERBIVORES. “Fungus-farming (attine) ants are a clade of more than 240 described New World species that cultivate fungus gardens on which they obligately depend for food. The first fungus-farming ant evolved in South America from a hunter-gatherer ant ancestor ∼50–56 million years ago.” 12 million years ago they became the major herbivores of the New World tropics.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022