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Atta Leaf-cutter Ants
Atta
Atta is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains at least 17 known species.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hairy-headed leafcutter ant
speciesAtta cephalotes
Chicatana Leafcutter Ant
speciesAtta mexicana
Texas Leafcutter Ant
speciesAtta texana
Atta sexdens
speciesAtta sexdens
Colombian Leafcutter Ant
speciesAtta colombica
Atta laevigata
speciesAtta laevigata
Chaco Leafcutter Ant
speciesAtta vollenweideri
Atta robusta
speciesAtta robusta
Atta insularis
speciesAtta insularis
Atta opaciceps
speciesAtta opaciceps
Atta saltensis
speciesAtta saltensis
Atta bisphaerica
speciesAtta bisphaerica
Atta goiana
speciesAtta goiana
Atta capiguara
speciesAtta capiguara
Atta cubana
speciesAtta cubana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Cosmographey: das ist Beschreibung aller Laender
Münster, Sebastian · 1598 · p.1351
Drie scheeps-togten na het goud-rijke koningrijk Guiana, in America geleegen, door den Engelssen ridder Wal...
Hakluyt, Richard · 1706 · p.36
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.580
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.857
The Dialogue of Creatures
Anonymous · 1509 · p.63
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.941
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.71
Precursor to the Botanical Theatre
Caspar Bauhin · 1620 · p.117
Treatise on Military Preparedness, Volume 56
茅元儀 · 1621 · p.23
Florentine Codex, Vol. 3 (Books 10-12)
Bernardino de Sahagún · 1577 · p.495
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.600
New Species of Brazilian Monkeys and Bats
Johann Baptist von Spix (1781-1826) · 1823 · p.155
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Atta in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61284.