Acromyrmex aspersus is a species of New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae found in the wild naturally in southern Brazil and Peru. Commonly known as "leaf-cutter ants", they are a species of ant from one of the two genera of advanced fungus-growing ants within the tribe Attini.[1]

Acromyrmex aspersus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Acromyrmex
Species:
A. aspersus
Binomial name
Acromyrmex aspersus
F. Smith, 1858
Synonyms
  • Acromyrmex affinis Goncalves, 1961
  • Acromyrmex clarus Goncalves, 1961
  • Acromyrmex inquirens Goncalves, 1961
  • Acromyrmex mesonotalis Goncalves, 1961
  • Oecodoma aspersa F. Smith, 1858

Subspecies

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Acromyrmex aspersus contains these subspecies:

  • Acromyrmex aspersus aspersus F. Smith, 1858
  • Acromyrmex aspersus fuhrmanni Forel, 1914

References

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  1. ^ Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.