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 | ![]() | ||
Atta colombica | ![]() | Guatemala to Colombia,[1] Costa Rica | |
Atta insularis | ![]() | Occurs only in Cuba | |
Atta laevigata | ![]() | Hormiga culona, bachaco | from Colombia to Paraguay |
Atta mexicana | ![]() | Mexico crossing into Arizona | |
Atta opaciceps | |||
Atta robusta | |||
Atta saltensis | ![]() | ||
Atta sexdens | ![]() | southern United States to northern Argentina | |
Atta silvai | |||
Atta texana | ![]() | Town ant, parasol ant, fungus ant, Texas leafcutter ant, cut ant, night ant | Texas, Louisiana, northeastern states of Mexico |
Atta vollenweideri | ![]() | ||
Acromyrmex ameliae | southern Brazil | ||
Acromyrmex ambiguus | Quenquém-preto-brilhante | Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | |
Acromyrmex aspersus | Quenquém-rajada | southern Brazil and Peru | |
Acromyrmex balzani | ![]() | eastern Paraguay and southern Brazil | |
Acromyrmex coronatus | ![]() | Quenquém-de-árvore | Guatemala to Brazil and Ecuador |
Acromyrmex crassispinus | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina | |
Acromyrmex heyeri | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Carieira, quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | Brazil, Paraguay |
Acromyrmex nigrosetosus | ![]() | ||
Acromyrmex nobilis | Carieira, quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | ||
Acromyrmex octospinosus | ![]() | Bachaco sabanero, carieira, quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | southern Mexico to Panama, across northern South America in Venezuela |
Acromyrmex pulvereus | |||
Acromyrmex rugosus | ![]() | Formiga-quiçaçá (A. r. rochai), saúva (A. r. rugosus), formiga-lavradeira (A. r. rugosus), formiga-mulatinha (A. r. rugosus) | |
Acromyrmex silvestrii | |||
Acromyrmex striatus | ![]() | Formiga-de-rodeio, formiga-de-eira | |
Acromyrmex subterraneus | ![]() | Quenquém-de-cisco-graúda (A. s. bruneus), quenquém-caiapó-capixaba (A. s. molestans), caiapó (A. s. subterraneus) | |
Acromyrmex versicolor | ![]() | ||
Acromyrmex volcanus |
References
- ^ "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.