Acromyrmex crassispinus

Acromyrmex crassispinus is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae found in the wild naturally throughout South America, especially in southern Brazil.[2]

Acromyrmex crassispinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Acromyrmex
Species:
A. crassispinus
Binomial name
Acromyrmex crassispinus
Forel, 1909[1]
Profile view of ant A. crassispinus specimen

Acromyrmex crassispinus is black-brown in colour; the queen is 10 – 12 mm in size and the workers may range from 5 to 15 mm long.[citation needed]

Head view of ant A. crassispinus specimen

Other names

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  • Acromyrmex atratus Gonçalves, 1961
  • A. diabolica Gonçalves, 1961
  • A. insularis Gonçalves, 1961
  • A. mediocris Gonçalves, 1961
  • A. mesonotalis Forel, 1909
  • A. rufescens Gonçalves, 1961
  • A. rusticus Gonçalves, 1961

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Species: Acromyrmex crassispinus". AntWeb. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  2. ^ Nickele, Mariane Aparecida; Reis Filho, Wilson (30 September 2015). "Population Dynamics of Acromyrmex crassispinus (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Attacks on Pinus taeda Linnaeus (Pinaceae) plantations". Sociobiology. 62 (3): 340. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i3.422.