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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Attini » Fungus Growing Ants (Attina) » Leaf-cutting Ants (Atta) » Mexican Leaf-cutting Ant (Atta mexicana)

Species Atta mexicana - Mexican Leaf-cutting Ant

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Atta mexicana? - Atta mexicana - male Atta mexicana? - Atta mexicana - male Atta mexicana? - Atta mexicana - male Atta mexicana? - Atta mexicana - male Female reproductive, Atta mexicana? - Atta mexicana - female Female reproductive, Atta mexicana? - Atta mexicana - female Atta mexicana Atta mexicana? - Atta mexicana
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Attini
Subtribe Attina (Fungus Growing Ants)
Genus Atta (Leaf-cutting Ants)
Species mexicana (Mexican Leaf-cutting Ant)
Other Common Names
Mexican leaf-cutting ant
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Atta mexicana (Smith)
Orig. Comb: Oecodoma mexicana Smith, 1858
Range
s. AZ to C. Amer. - Map AntWeb(1)
Life Cycle
Per Marquez-Luna (1994) (2), nest associates include:

Bycrea villosa Pascoe


Euphoria canescens (Gory and Percheron)
Print References
Deloya, A.C. 1988. Coleopteros lamelicornios asociados a depositos de detritos de Atta mexicana (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en el sur del Estado dc Morelos, Mexico. Folia Entomológica Mexicana, 75: 77-91.
Marquez-Luna, J. 1994. Coleopterofauna asociada a detritos de Atta mexicana (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en dos localidades del norte de Morelos, Mexico. Tesis profesional, Fac. de Ciencias, UNAM. Mexico, D.F. 134 pp. (2)
Mintzer, A. 1979. Foraging activity of the Mexican leaf-cutting ant, Atta mexicana, in a Sonoran desert habitat. Insect Sociaux. 26: 364–372.
Rojas, P. 1986. Artropodos de las acumulaciones de detritos de Atta mexicana (F. Smith) en una zona arida del centra de Mexico. Tesis profesional, Fac. de Ciencias, UNAM. Mexico, D.F. 104 pp.
Rojas, P. 1988. Nota sobre una pobiacion de Bycrea villosa Pascoe (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) en los detritos de Atta mexicana (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Folia Entomológica Mexicana, 76: 37-43.
Smith, M.R. 1963. Notes on the leaf-cutting ants, Atta spp., of the United States and Mexico. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 65(4): 299-302.
Internet References
AntWeb
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Coleopterofauna asociada a detritos de Atta mexicana (F. Smith) ... en dos localidades del noite de Morelo, Mexico.
Marquez-Luna, J. 1994. Tesis profesional, Fac. de Ciencias, UNAM. Mexico, D.F. 134 pp.
Contributed by George Waldren on 18 January, 2009 - 3:04am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, PaleoJon
Last updated 20 November, 2023 - 11:16am

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