Acromyrmex

Acromyrmex
A. octospinosus worker carrying a leaf
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Acromyrmex
Mayr 1865
Type species
Formica hystrix
Latreille, 1802
Diversity[1]
35 species

Acromyrmex is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. This genus is found in South America and parts of Central America, México and the Caribbean Islands, and contains 33 known species. Commonly known as "leafcutter ants" they comprise one of the two genera of advanced attines within the tribe Attini, along with Atta.

  1. ^ Shattuck, Steven O. "Acromyrmex". AntWiki. antwiki.org. Retrieved 15 October 2024.