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Chaco Leaf-cutter Ant

Atta vollenweideri

Classification

Class
Insecta

Atta vollenweideri, common name chaco leafcutter ant, is a species of leafcutter 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. Colonies are made up of around 4-7 million individuals.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Argentina · 121Uruguay · 4Brazil · 1