Checklist of Acromyrmex species

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Acromyrmex
Myrmicinae
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Acromyrmex versicolor
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Distribution
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Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species 56
Invalid Species 51
Fossils 0
Countries Occupied 24
Year Described 1865
First Species Described 1775
Last Species Described 2019

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Acromyrmex. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Acromyrmex species and for distribution information see Acromyrmex species by Country.

A

ambiguus (Emery, 1888) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
   • Acromyrmex ambiguus erectus Santschi, 1925

ameliae De Souza, Soares & Della Lucia, 2007 (Brazil)
aspersus (Smith, F., 1858) (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru)
   • Acromyrmex aspersus affinis Santschi, 1925
   • Atta mesonotalis Emery, 1905
   • Atta mesonotalis fuhrmanni Forel, 1914
   • Atta mesonotalis inquirens Forel, 1914

B

balzani (Emery, 1890) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
   • Acromyrmex landolti nivalis Santschi, 1922
   • Acromyrmex landolti parens Santschi, 1925
   • Sericomyrmex gallardoi Santschi, 1920

balzani multituber Santschi, 1922 (Bolivia, Bolivia)
   • Acromyrmex pampanus Weber, 1938

biscutatus (Fabricius, 1775) (French Guiana)
brunneus (Forel, 1912) (Brazil)

C

charruanus Rabeling, Schultz, Bacci & Bollazzi, 2015 (Uruguay)
coronatus (Fabricius, 1804) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay)
   • Acromyrmex panamensis ochraceolus Santschi, 1925
   • Atta moelleri Forel, 1893
   • Atta moelleri meinerti Forel, 1893
   • Atta moelleri modesta Forel, 1901

coronatus andicola Emery, 1924 (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru)
coronatus globoculis Kempf, 1972 (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname)
coronatus importunus Santschi, 1925 (Costa Rica)
coronatus panamensis (Forel, 1899) (Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama)
coronatus rectispinus (Forel, 1908) (Costa Rica)
crassispinus (Forel, 1909) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
   • Acromyrmex aspersus insularis Santschi, 1925
   • Acromyrmex crassispinus rusticus Santschi, 1925
   • Acromyrmex diabolicus mediocris Santschi, 1925
   • Acromyrmex hispidus atratus Santschi, 1925
   • Acromyrmex nigrosetosa diabolica Santschi, 1922

D

diasi Gonçalves, 1983 (Brazil)
disciger (Mayr, 1887) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)

E

echinatior (Forel, 1899) (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama)
evenkul Bolton, 1995 (Argentina)
   • Acromyrmex gallardoi Santschi, 1936

F

fowleri Rabeling, Messer, Lacau & Delabie, 2019 (Brazil)
fracticornis (Forel, 1909) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
   • Acromyrmex fracticornis jorgenseni Forel, 1913

H

heyeri (Forel, 1899) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
   • Acromyrmex heyeri gaudens Santschi, 1925
   • Acromyrmex heyeri lillensis Santschi, 1925

hispidus Santschi, 1925 (Bolivia, Uruguay)
hispidus fallax Santschi, 1925 (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
hispidus formosus Santschi, 1925 (Argentina)
hystrix (Latreille, 1802) (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay)
   • Atta emilii Forel, 1904

hystrix ajax (Forel, 1909) (Brazil)

I

insinuator Schultz, Bekkevold & Boomsma, 1998 (Panama)

L

landolti (Forel, 1885) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela)
   • Acromyrmex balzani myersi Weber, 1937
   • Acromyrmex balzani planorum Weber, 1937
   • Acromyrmex balzani senex Santschi, 1925
   • Atta landolti cloosae Forel, 1912

laticeps (Emery, 1905) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
   • Acromyrmex laticeps hortulanus Santschi, 1925

lobicornis (Emery, 1888) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
   • Acromyrmex bucki Wasmann, 1931
   • Acromyrmex lobicornis rufidens Santschi, 1933

lobicornis cochlearis Santschi, 1933 (Argentina)
lobicornis ferrugineus (Emery, 1905) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
lobicornis pencosensis Forel, 1914 (Argentina)
lobicornis pruinosior Santschi, 1916 (Argentina)
lundii (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
   • Atta laticeps dubia Forel, 1908
   • Atta lundii risii Forel, 1908
   • Atta pubescens bonariensis Emery, 1905

lundii boliviensis (Emery, 1905) (Bolivia)
lundii carli Gonçalves, 1961 (Brazil, Mexico)
lundii decolor (Emery, 1905) (Argentina, Paraguay)
lundii parallelus Santschi, 1916 (Argentina)

M

molestans Santschi, 1925 (Brazil)
   • Acromyrmex subterraneus eidmanni Santschi, 1937

N

niger (Smith, F., 1858) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
   • Acromyrmex subterranea depressoculis Forel, 1913
   • Atta muticinoda homalops Emery, 1905
   • Atta nigra muticinoda Forel, 1901

nigrosetosus (Forel, 1908) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
   • Acromyrmex laticeps garbei Santschi, 1925
   • Acromyrmex nigrosetosa pulchella Santschi, 1925
   • Atta aspersa dimidiata Forel, 1911

nobilis Santschi, 1939 (Brazil, Venezuela)

O

octospinosus (Reich, 1793) (Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
   • Acromyrmex octospinosa pallida Crawley, 1921
   • Atta guentheri Forel, 1893

octospinosus cubanus Wheeler, W.M., 1937 (Cuba, Greater Antilles)
octospinosus ekchuah Wheeler, W.M., 1937 (Mexico)
octospinosus inti Wheeler, W.M., 1937 (Peru)

P

pubescens (Emery, 1905) (Argentina, Paraguay)
pulvereus Santschi, 1919 (Argentina)

R

rugosus (Smith, F., 1858) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay)
   • Acromyrmex rugosus bigener Santschi, 1925
   • Acromyrmex rugosus vestitus Santschi, 1925
   • Oecodoma pallida Smith, F., 1858

rugosus rochai (Forel, 1904) (Brazil)
   • Acromyrmex rugosus navarroi Borgmeier, 1937

S

santschii (Forel, 1912) (Colombia)
subterraneus (Forel, 1893) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru)
   • Acromyrmex subterraneus mixtus Santschi, 1925
   • Acromyrmex subterraneus ogloblini Santschi, 1933
   • Acromyrmex subterraneus peruvianus Borgmeier, 1940
   • Atta subterranea purensis Forel, 1912

V

versicolor (Pergande, 1893) (Mexico, United States)
   • Atta versicolor chisosensis Wheeler, W.M., 1907

volcanus Wheeler, W.M., 1937 (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua)