| 词条 | Atta insularis |
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| name = Atta insularis | image = Acromyrmex octospinosus 02.jpg | image_caption = | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Hymenoptera | familia = Formicidae | subfamilia = Myrmicinae | tribus = Attini | genus = Atta | species = A. insularis | binomial = Atta insularis | binomial_authority = (Guérin-Méneville, 1845)[1] }} Atta insularis is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus Atta. This species is from one of the two genera of advanced attines (fungus-growing ants) within the tribe Attini. This species is the largest and most notable species of ant of Cuba. Atta insularis is unique to Cuba, and has great polymorphism. Its workers specialize in different activities. The warriors have remarkably large heads.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} They prefer to work at night, although they do by day, more if on cloudy days.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} The nests are huge, and may comprise one or several mounds that can be spaced several metres apart. The height of the mound can sometimes exceed a metre. These nests in natural sites can be very durable, even more than 50 years.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} This species is a pest of citrus, coffee,[2] and various pinus species.[3] Quantitative studies in the behaviour of Atta insularis has been performed both in laboratory-controlled conditions,[4] and in the wild.[5][6] GallerySee also
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References{{Commons category|Atta insularis}}1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=insularis&genus=atta&project=neotropicalants |title=Species: Atta insularis |publisher=AntWeb |date=2010-06-30 |accessdate=2010-08-20}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q3629059}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Atta Insularis}}{{myrmicinae-stub}}2. ^Encyclopedia of Entomology, Volume 3 By John L. Capinera, p.966 3. ^Speight, Martin R. (2001), Insect Pests in Tropical Forestry, {{ISBN|978-0-85199-461-1}}, p.108 4. ^{{cite journal|author=E. Altshuler|title=Symmetry breaking in escaping ants|journal=American Naturalist|year=2005 |jstor=10.1086/498139|display-authors=etal|doi=10.1086/498139|volume=166|pages=643–649|pmid=16475081}} 5. ^{{cite journal|author=C. Noda|title=Measuring activity in ant colonies|journal=Rev. Sci. Instrum.|year=2006 |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/rsi/77/12/10.1063/1.2400215|doi=10.1063/1.2400215|display-authors=etal|volume=77|pages=126102|bibcode = 2006RScI...77l6102N }} 6. ^{{cite journal|author=S. C. Nicolis|title=Foraging at the edge of chaos:internal clock versus external forcing|journal=Phys. Rev. Lett.|year=2013 |url=http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.268104|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.268104|bibcode=2013PhRvL.110z8104N|volume=110|display-authors=etal|pmid=23848927|page=268104}} 4 : Atta (genus)|Insects of Cuba|Insects described in 1845|Hymenoptera of North America |
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