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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)

Genus Atta - Leaf-cutting Ants

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
Species texana - Texas Leaf-cutting Ant

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