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) |
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 |  |
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| 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 |  |
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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 |  |
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 (Acromyrmex hispidus fallax), Quenquém-de-cisco-da-Amazônia | southern Brazil and Bolivia. | |
| Acromyrmex hystrix | Quenquém-de-cisco-da-Amazônia | the Amazon[2] and Ecuador.[3] | |
| Acromyrmex landolti | Boca-de-cisco (Acromyrmex landolti balzani), Formiga rapa-rapa (Acromyrmex landolti balzani), Formiga-rapa (Acromyrmex landolti balzani), Formiga meia-lua (Acromyrmex landolti balzani), Formiga-mineira (Acromyrmex landolti fracticornis, Acromyrmex landolti landolti), Formiga-mineira-vermelha (Acromyrmex landolti fracticornis, Acromyrmex landolti landolti) | ||
| Acromyrmex laticeps | Formiga-mineira (Acromyrmex laticeps laticeps), Formiga-mineira-vermelha (Acromyrmex laticeps laticeps), Quenquém-campeira (Acromyrmex laticeps migrosetosus) | ||
| Acromyrmex lobicornis | Quenquém-de-monte-preta | ||
| Acromyrmex lundii |  |
Hormigas Jardineras, Hormiga negra, Formiga-mineira (Acromyrmex lundi pubescens), Formiga-mineira-preta, Quenquém-mineira (Acromyrmex lundi carli, Acromyrmex lundi lundi)
, Quenquém mineira-preta (Acromyrmex lundi carli, Acromyrmex lundi lundi) |
Brazil, northern Argentina, and Paraguay |
| Acromyrmex mesopotamicus | |||
| Acromyrmex niger |  |
Carieira, Quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | Brazil, Paraguay |
| Acromyrmex nigrosetosus |  |
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| 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 (Acromyrmex rugosus rochai), Saúva (Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus), Formiga-lavradeira (Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus), Formiga-mulatinha (Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus) | |
| Acromyrmex silvestrii | |||
| Acromyrmex striatus |  |
Formiga-de-rodeio, Formiga-de-eira | |
| Acromyrmex subterraneus |  |
Quenquém-de-cisco-graúda (Acromyrmex subterraneus bruneus), Quenquém-caiapó-capixaba (Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans), Caiapó (Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus) | |
| Acromyrmex versicolor |  |
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| Acromyrmex volcanus |
References
- ↑ "Species: Atta colombica". AntWeb. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ↑ http://www.blueboard.com/leafcutters/names.htm
- ↑ http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/274/1621/1971.full.pdf