Atta

Identification Keys

 * Key to US Atta species

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Nomenclature

 *  ATTA [Myrmicinae: Attini]
 * Atta Fabricius, 1804: 421. Type-species: Formica cephalotes, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 159.
 * Atta senior synonym of Oecodoma: Roger, 1863b: 35.
 * Atta senior synonym of Archeatta: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 832.
 * Atta senior synonym of Archeatta, Epiatta, Neoatta, Palaeatta: Weber, 1958a: 8. [Each subgeneric name has subsequently been resurrected from and returned to synonymy, see under respective entries and in Bolton (1995b, 2003).]
 * ARCHEATTA [junior synonym of Atta]
 * Archeatta Gonçalves, 1942: 342 [as subgenus of Atta]. Type-species: Oecodoma mexicana, by original designation.
 * Archeatta as subgenus of Atta: Borgmeier, 1959b: 350; Kempf, 1972a: 27.
 * Archeatta as junior synonym of Atta: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 832; Weber, 1958a: 8; Bolton, 1994: 105.
 * EPIATTA [junior synonym of Atta]
 * Epiatta Borgmeier, 1950d: 246 [as subgenus of Atta]. Type-species: Oecodoma laevigata, by original designation.
 * Epiatta junior synonym of Atta: Weber, 1958a: 8.
 * Epiatta junior synonym of Neoatta: Borgmeier, 1959b: 358.
 * Epiatta junior synonym of Atta: Bolton, 1994: 105.
 *  MYRMEGIS [Nomen nudum]
 * Myrmegis Rafinesque, 1815: 124. Nomen nudum. [Brown, 1973b: 182, placed Myrmegis as a junior synonym of Atta, because the entry in Rafinesque reads, "6. Myrmegis R. Atta Latr."]
 * NEOATTA [junior synonym of Atta]
 * Neoatta Gonçalves, 1942: 346 [as subgenus of Atta]. Type-species: Formica sexdens, by original designation.
 * Neoatta subgenus of Atta: Borgmeier, 1959b: 358; Kempf, 1972a: 27.
 * Neoatta senior synonym of Epiatta: Borgmeier, 1959b: 358.
 * Neoatta junior synonym of Atta: Weber, 1958a: 8; Bolton, 1994: 105.
 * OECODOMA [junior synonym of Atta]
 * Oecodoma Latreille, 1818: 222. Type-species: Formica cephalotes, by subsequent designation of Shuckard, in Swainson & Shuckard, 1840: 174.
 * Oecodoma junior synonym of Atta: Roger, 1863b: 35. [Atta and Oecodoma share the same type-species, synonymy is therefore absolute.]
 * PALAEATTA [junior synonym of Atta]
 * Palaeatta Borgmeier, 1950d: 244 [as subgenus of Atta]. Type-species: Atta bisphaerica, by original designation.
 * Palaeatta subgenus of Atta: Borgmeier, 1959b: 377; Kempf, 1972a: 28.
 * Palaeatta junior synonym of Atta: Weber, 1958a: 8; Bolton, 1994: 105.

Additional References

 * Luiz Carlos Forti, Isabela Maria Piovesan Rinaldi, Roberto da Silva Camargo, and Ricardo Toshio Fujihara. 2012. Predatory Behavior of Canthon virens (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): A Predator of Leafcutter Ants. Psyche, vol. 2012, Article ID 921465 (doi:10.1155/2012/921465).