Atta vollenweideri

Atta vollenweideri, common name chaco leafcutter ant,[2] 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.

Atta vollenweideri
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A. vollenweideri
Binomial name
Atta vollenweideri
(Forel, 1893)[1]

Colonies are made up of around 4-7 million individuals.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Species: Atta vollenweideri". AntWeb. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  2. http://www.alexanderwild.com/keyword/atta%20vollenweideri#641357065_cNbEW
  3. Hölldobler, Bert; Wilson, Edward O. (2009). The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393067040.


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