Species | Image | 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 (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 |
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 |
Acromyrmex volcanus |
1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=colombica&genus=atta&rank=species&project=costaricaants |title=Species: Atta colombica |publisher=AntWeb |date=2010-06-30 |accessdate=2010-08-19}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.blueboard.com/leafcutters/names.htm |title=Meet Blueboard, Not Your Average Philodendron |accessdate=2010-08-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616012944/http://www.blueboard.com/leafcutters/names.htm |archivedate=2010-06-16 |df= }}
3. ^{{Cite journal | url=http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/274/1621/1971.full.pdf | title=Low hostpathogen specificity in the leaf-cutting antmicrobe symbiosis| journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences| last1=Taerum| first1=Stephen J.| last2=Cafaro| first2=Matas J.| last3=Little| first3=Ainslie E. F.| last4=Schultz| first4=Ted R.| last5=Currie| first5=Cameron R.}}