Acromyrmex crassispinus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Acromyrmex |
| Species: | A. crassispinus
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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 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]
Other names
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
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- ^ "Species: Acromyrmex crassispinus". AntWeb. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
- ^ 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.