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List of leafcutter ants

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This is a list of leafcutter ants, comprising 42 species from two genera: Atta and Acromyrmex.

Species Image Common name Distribution
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

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  1. ^ "Species: Atta colombica". AntWeb. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  2. ^ "Meet Blueboard, Not Your Average Philodendron". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  3. ^ 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.