List of leafcutter ants
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Template:SHORTDESC: This is a list of leafcutter ants, comprising 42 species from three genera: Atta, Amoimyrmex and Acromyrmex.
| Species | Image | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atta bisphaerica | |||
| Atta capiguara | |||
| Atta cephalotes | File:Leaf-cutting ant.jpg | ||
| Atta colombica | File:Blattschneiderameise (Atta) 05.jpg | Guatemala to Colombia,[1] Costa Rica | |
| Atta insularis | File:Acromyrmex octospinosus 02.jpg | Occurs only in Cuba | |
| Atta laevigata | File:Atta laevigata male.jpg | Hormiga culona, bachaco | from Colombia to Paraguay |
| Atta mexicana | File:Atta mexicana casent0421377 profile 1.jpg | Mexico crossing into Arizona | |
| Atta opaciceps | |||
| Atta robusta | |||
| Atta saltensis | File:Atta saltensis casent0173814 profile 1.jpg | ||
| Atta sexdens | File:Atta.sexdens.jpg | southern United States to northern Argentina | |
| Atta silvai | |||
| Atta texana | File:Atta Texana.jpg | Town ant, parasol ant, fungus ant, Texas leafcutter ant, cut ant, night ant | Texas, Louisiana, northeastern states of Mexico |
| Atta vollenweideri | File:Atta vollenweideri casent0173819 head 1.jpg | ||
| Acromyrmex ameliae | southern Brazil | ||
| Acromyrmex ambiguus | Quenquém-preto-brilhante | Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | |
| Acromyrmex aspersus | Quenquém-rajada | southern Brazil and Peru | |
| Acromyrmex balzani | File:Acromyrmex balzani casent0173790 dorsal 1.jpg | eastern Paraguay and southern Brazil | |
| Acromyrmex coronatus | File:Acromyrmex coronatus casent0173792 profile 1.jpg | Quenquém-de-árvore | Guatemala to Brazil and Ecuador |
| Acromyrmex crassispinus | File:Acromyrmex crassispinus casent0173794 dorsal 1.jpg | 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 | File:Acromyrmex fracticornis casent0173798 profile 1.jpg | southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina | |
| Acromyrmex heyeri | File:Acromyrmex heyeri casent0173795 profile 1.jpg | 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 | File:Acromyrmex lundii casent0173797 profile 1.jpg | 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 | File:Acromyrmex niger casent0173799 profile 1.jpg | Carieira, quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | Brazil, Paraguay |
| Acromyrmex nigrosetosus | File:Acromyrmex nigrosetosus casent0173800 profile 1.jpg | ||
| Acromyrmex nobilis | Carieira, quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | ||
| Acromyrmex octospinosus | File:Acromyrmex octospinosus.jpg | Bachaco sabanero, carieira, quenquém-mineira-da-Amazônia | southern Mexico to Panama, across northern South America in Venezuela |
| Acromyrmex pulvereus | |||
| Acromyrmex rugosus | File:Acromyrmex rugosus casent0173802 profile 1.jpg | Formiga-quiçaçá (A. r. rochai), saúva (A. r. rugosus), formiga-lavradeira (A. r. rugosus), formiga-mulatinha (A. r. rugosus) | |
| Acromyrmex silvestrii | |||
| Acromyrmex striatus | File:Acromyrmex striatus casent0173803 dorsal 1.jpg | Formiga-de-rodeio, formiga-de-eira | |
| Acromyrmex subterraneus | File:Acromyrmex subterraneus casent0173804 head 1.jpg | Quenquém-de-cisco-graúda (A. s. bruneus), quenquém-caiapó-capixaba (A. s. molestans), caiapó (A. s. subterraneus) | |
| Acromyrmex versicolor | File:Acromyrmex versicolor casent0104036 dorsal 1.jpg | ||
| Acromyrmex volcanus |
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