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List Of Leafcutter Ants
This is a list of leafcutter ants, comprising 42 species from two genera: ''Atta'' and ''Acromyrmex ''Acromyrmex'' is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. This genus is found in South America and parts of Central America and the Caribbean Islands, and contains 33 known species. Commonly known as "leafcutter ants" they compris ...''. References {{reflist * Lists of ants ...
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Leafcutter Ant
Leafcutter ants, a non-generic name, are any of 47 species of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the two genera '' Atta'' and ''Acromyrmex''. These species of tropical, fungus-growing ants are all endemic to South and Central America, Mexico, and parts of the southern United States.. Leafcutter ants can carry twenty times their body weight and cut and process fresh vegetation (leaves, flowers, and grasses) to serve as the nutritional substrate for their fungal cultivates. ''Acromyrmex'' and ''Atta'' ants have much in common anatomically; however, the two can be identified by their external differences. ''Atta'' ants have three pairs of spines and a smooth exoskeleton on the upper surface of the thorax, while ''Acromyrmex'' ants have four pairs and a rough exoskeleton. The exoskeleton itself is covered in a thin layer of mineral coating, composed of rhombohedral crystals that are generated by the ants. Next to humans, leafcutter ants form some of the largest and most complex animal ...
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Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of seven million, nearly three million of whom live in the capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America (Bolivia is the other), Paraguay has ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537, they established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. ...
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Atta Silvai
''Atta laevigata'' (Smith, 1858) is one of about a dozen species of leafcutter ants in the genus '' Atta'', found from Venezuela and south to Paraguay. This species is one of the largest leafcutter species, and can be recognized by the smooth and shining head of the largest workers in a colony. ''Atta laevigata'' is known in northern South America as ''hormiga culona'' (literally translated as "big-assed ant"), or as ''sikisapa'' in Peru, ''zompopo de mayo'' in Central America, ''bachaco culón'' in Venezuela, ''akango'' in Paraguay, and ''chicatana'' in Mexico. The colony sizes of these ants are made up of around 3.5 million individuals. Cuisine The ''hormiga culona'' has been eaten for hundreds of years, as a tradition inherited from pre-Colombian cultures as the Guanes. The ants are harvested for about nine weeks every year, at the time of the rainy season, which is when they make the nuptial flight; ''A. laevigata'' are used as traditional gifts in weddings. There are loc ...
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Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human presen ...
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ...
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Atta
Atta or ATTA may refer to: * Atta Halilintar, Indonesian YouTuber, singer and entrepreneur * ''Atta'' (ant), a genus of ants in the family Formicidae * ''Atta'' (novel), a 1953 novel by Francis Rufus Bellamy * Atta flour, whole wheat flour made from durum wheat commonly used in South Asian cooking * Atta (Buddhism), Pali for "self" or "soul", central to the core Buddhist concept of Anatta, no-self * Atta, Jalandhar, a village in India * ATTA, acronym of Akabar n Tagrawla d Tanemla Amazigh, or Berber Socialism and Revolution Party * A group of Lumad peoples * Princess Atta, a character from the Disney and Pixar film ''A Bug's Life'' * Ata (name) Ata is the anglicized form of several names in several languages around the world. * In Turkish, Ata is a masculine given name meaning " Forefather". * In Hebrew, Ata () means "you". * In Ogba, Ata means “child”. * In Arabic, () is a name m ..., people with the first name or family name, sometimes spelled ''Atta'' See also * Attar ...
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Atta Sexdens
''Atta sexdens'' is a species of leafcutter ant belonging to the tribe Attini, native to the New World, from the southern United States (Texas) to northern Argentina. They are absent from Chile. They cut leaves to provide a substrate for the fungus farms which are their principal source of food. Their societies are among the most complex found in social insects. ''A. sexdens'' is an ecologically important species, but also an agricultural pest. Other ''Atta'' species, such as ''Atta texana'', ''Atta cephalotes'' and others, have similar behavior and ecology. Description Colony architecture ''A. sexdens'' colonies are primarily subterranean with a mound of excavated material on the surface. The diameter of the colony may reach 10 m with a depth of 6 m. The colonies contain up to 2000 chambers with a combined volume of more than 20 m3. The two basic types of chambers are fungus farms and waste chambers. The farms contain the fungal culture which sustains the colony and hosts ...
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Atta Saltensis Casent0173814 Profile 1
Atta or ATTA may refer to: * Atta Halilintar, Indonesian YouTuber, singer and entrepreneur * ''Atta'' (ant), a genus of ants in the family Formicidae * ''Atta'' (novel), a 1953 novel by Francis Rufus Bellamy * Atta flour, whole wheat flour made from durum wheat commonly used in South Asian cooking * Atta (Buddhism), Pali for "self" or "soul", central to the core Buddhist concept of Anatta, no-self * Atta, Jalandhar, a village in India * ATTA, acronym of Akabar n Tagrawla d Tanemla Amazigh, or Berber Socialism and Revolution Party * A group of Lumad peoples * Princess Atta, a character from the Disney and Pixar film ''A Bug's Life'' * Ata (name) Ata is the anglicized form of several names in several languages around the world. * In Turkish, Ata is a masculine given name meaning " Forefather". * In Hebrew, Ata () means "you". * In Ogba, Ata means “child”. * In Arabic, () is a name m ..., people with the first name or family name, sometimes spelled ''Atta'' See also * Attar ...
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Atta Saltensis
''Atta saltensis'' is a species of leafcutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus '' Atta''. See also *List of leafcutter ants This is a list of leafcutter ants, comprising 42 species from two genera: ''Atta'' and ''Acromyrmex ''Acromyrmex'' is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. This genus is found in South America and parts of Central America and t ... References External links * Atta (genus) Insects described in 1913 {{myrmicinae-stub ...
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Atta Robusta
''Atta robusta'' is a species of leafcutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus ''Atta''. See also *List of leafcutter ants This is a list of leafcutter ants, comprising 42 species from two genera: ''Atta'' and ''Acromyrmex ''Acromyrmex'' is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. This genus is found in South America and parts of Central America and t ... References Atta (genus) Insects described in 1872 {{myrmicinae-stub ...
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Atta Opaciceps
''Atta opaciceps'' is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus ''Atta''. See also *List of leafcutter ants This is a list of leafcutter ants, comprising 42 species from two genera: ''Atta'' and ''Acromyrmex ''Acromyrmex'' is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. This genus is found in South America and parts of Central America and t ... References Atta (genus) Insects described in 1839 {{myrmicinae-stub ...
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Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Corners region with Utah to the north, Colorado to the northeast, and New Mexico to the east; its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest, California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase. Southern Arizona is known for its desert cl ...
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