Atta and Acromyrmex species list

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Atta and Acromyrmex species list

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:47 pm

Here is the list of species within the genera Atta and Acromyrmex:

• Atta bisphaerica Forel, 1908
• Atta capiguara Gonçalves, 1944
• Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Atta colombica Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Atta cubana Fontenla Rizo, 1995
• Atta goiana Gonçalves, 1942
• Atta insularis Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Atta laevigata (F. Smith, 1858) (Colombia south to Paraguay)
• Atta mexicana (Smith, 1858)
• Atta opaciceps Borgmeier, 1939
• Atta pilosa (Buckley, 1866)
• Atta robusta Borgmeier, 1939
• Atta saltensis Forel, 1913
• Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Atta tardigrada (Buckley, 1866)
• Atta texana (Buckley, 1860) - Texas leafcutter ant (easternTexas and western Louisiana in the United States, northeastern Mexico)
• Atta vollenweideri Forel, 1893

• Acromyrmex ambiguus Emery, 1888
• Acromyrmex ameliae De Souza, Soares & Della Lucia, 2007
• Acromyrmex aspersus F. Smith, 1858
• Acromyrmex balzani Emery, 1890
• Acromyrmex biscutatus Fabricius, 1775
• Acromyrmex coronatus Fabricius, 1804
• Acromyrmex crassispinus Forel, 1909
• Acromyrmex diasi Gonçalves, 1983
• Acromyrmex disciger Mayr, 1887
• Acromyrmex echinatior Forel, 1899
• Acromyrmex evenkul Bolton, 1995
• Acromyrmex fracticornis Forel, 1909
• Acromyrmex heyeri Forel, 1899
• Acromyrmex hispidus Santschi, 1925
• Acromyrmex hystrix Latreille, 1802
• Acromyrmex insinuator Schultz, Bekkevold & Boomsma, 1998
• Acromyrmex landolti Forel, 1885
• Acromyrmex laticeps Emery, 1905
• Acromyrmex lobicornis Emery, 1888
• Acromyrmex lundii Guérin-Méneville, 1838
• Acromyrmex niger F. Smith, 1858
• Acromyrmex nigrosetosus Forel, 1908
• Acromyrmex nobilis Santschi, 1939
• Acromyrmex octospinosus Reich, 1793
• Acromyrmex pubescens Emery, 1905
• Acromyrmex pulvereus Santschi, 1919
• Acromyrmex rugosus F. Smith, 1858
• Acromyrmex silvestrii Emery, 1905
• Acromyrmex striatus Roger, 1863
• Acromyrmex subterraneus Forel, 1893
• Acromyrmex versicolor Pergande, 1894
• Acromyrmex volcanus Wheeler, 1937

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