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Leafcutter ant - Atta texana - female
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Leafcutter ant - Atta texana - Female
Elm Creek, along Rte. 90, Texas, USA
July 13, 2008
I was assuming Atta texana, but apparently there are other possibilities? If other views/details are needed for ID, I may be able to provide them.
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 3 October, 2008 - 3:08pm
Last updated 22 March, 2009 - 2:39pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 March, 2009 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

You were right by assuming
Because this is indeed a submajor worker of Atta texana.
Acromyrmex workers have three conspicuous pairs of spines on the pro-mesonotum, while Atta, just like this one, has only one large front pair and a second much smaller one. Spines at posterior angles of head are also more developed in Acromyrmex.
… Richard Vernier, 22 March, 2009 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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