List of leafcutter ants
This is a list of leafcutter ants, comprising 42 species from two genera: Atta and Acromyrmex.
| Species | Image | Common name | Distribution |
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| Atta bisphaerica | |||
| Atta capiguara | |||
| Atta cephalotes | 
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| Atta colombica | _05.jpg)
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Guatemala to Colombia,[1] Costa Rica | |
| Atta insularis | 
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Occurs only in Cuba | |
| Atta laevigata | 
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Hormiga culona, bachaco | from Colombia to Paraguay |
| Atta mexicana | 
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Mexico crossing into Arizona | |
| Atta opaciceps | |||
| Atta robusta | |||
| Atta saltensis | 
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| Atta sexdens | 
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southern United States to northern Argentina | |
| Atta silvai | |||
| Atta texana | 
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Town ant, parasol ant, fungus ant, Texas leafcutter ant, cut ant, night ant | Texas, Louisiana, northeastern states of Mexico |
| Atta vollenweideri | 
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| Acromyrmex ameliae | southern Brazil | ||
| Acromyrmex ambiguus | Quenquém-preto-brilhante | Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | |
| Acromyrmex aspersus | Quenquém-rajada | southern Brazil and Peru | |
| Acromyrmex balzani | 
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eastern Paraguay and southern Brazil | |
| Acromyrmex coronatus | 
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Quenquém-de-árvore | Guatemala to Brazil and Ecuador |
| Acromyrmex crassispinus | 
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Quenquém-de-cisco | throughout South America, especially in Argentina and Paraguay |
| Acromyrmex diasi | Quenquém-mirime, formiga-carregadeira | Brazil | |
| Acromyrmex disciger | Quenquém-mirime, formiga-carregadeira | Paraguay | |
| Acromyrmex fracticornis | 
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southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina | |
| Acromyrmex heyeri | 
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Formiga-de-monte-vermelha | Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay |
| Acromyrmex hispidus | Formiga-mineira (A. h. fallax), quenquém-de-cisco-da-Amazônia | southern Brazil and Bolivia | |
| Acromyrmex hystrix | Quenquém-de-cisco-da-Amazônia | Amazon[2] and Ecuador.[3] | |
| Acromyrmex landolti | Boca-de-cisco (A. l. balzani), formiga rapa-rapa (A. l. balzani), formiga-rapa (A. l. balzani), formiga meia-lua (A. l. balzani), formiga-mineira (A. l. fracticornis, A. l. landolti), formiga-mineira-vermelha (A. l. fracticornis, A. l. landolti) | ||
| Acromyrmex laticeps | Formiga-mineira (A. l. laticeps), formiga-mineira-vermelha (A. l. laticeps), quenquém-campeira (A. l. migrosetosus) | ||
| Acromyrmex lobicornis | Quenquém-de-monte-preta | ||
| Acromyrmex lundii | 
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Hormigas jardineras, hormiga negra, formiga-mineira (A. l. pubescens), formiga-mineira-preta, quenquém-mineira (A. l. carli, A. l. lundi); Quenquém mineira-preta (A. l. carli, A. l. lundi) | Brazil, northern Argentina, and Paraguay |
| Acromyrmex mesopotamicus | |||
| Acromyrmex niger | 
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Carieira, quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | Brazil, Paraguay |
| Acromyrmex nigrosetosus | 
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| Acromyrmex nobilis | Carieira, quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | ||
| Acromyrmex octospinosus | 
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Bachaco sabanero, carieira, quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | southern Mexico to Panama, across northern South America in Venezuela |
| Acromyrmex pulvereus | |||
| Acromyrmex rugosus | 
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Formiga-quiçaçá (A. r. rochai), saúva (A. r. rugosus), formiga-lavradeira (A. r. rugosus), formiga-mulatinha (A. r. rugosus) | |
| Acromyrmex silvestrii | |||
| Acromyrmex striatus | 
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Formiga-de-rodeio, formiga-de-eira | |
| Acromyrmex subterraneus | 
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Quenquém-de-cisco-graúda (A. s. bruneus), quenquém-caiapó-capixaba (A. s. molestans), caiapó (A. s. subterraneus) | |
| Acromyrmex versicolor | 
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| Acromyrmex volcanus |
References
[edit]- ^ "Species: Atta colombica". AntWeb. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ "Meet Blueboard, Not Your Average Philodendron". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ Taerum, Stephen J.; Cafaro, Matas J.; Little, Ainslie E. F.; Schultz, Ted R.; Currie, Cameron R. (2007). "Low hostpathogen specificity in the leaf-cutting antmicrobe symbiosis". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274 (1621): 1971–1978. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0431. PMC 2275177. PMID 17550881.