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