Checklist of Atta species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Atta. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Atta species.

B
bisphaerica Forel, 1908 (Brazil)

C
capiguara Gonçalves, 1944 (Brazil, Paraguay)

cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)

• Atta cephalotes integrior Forel, 1904

• Atta cephalotes isthmicola Weber, 1941

• Atta cephalotes oaxaquensis Gonçalves, 1942

• Atta cephalotes opaca Forel, 1904

• Atta cephalotes polita Emery, 1905

• Atta lutea Forel, 1893

• Formica fervens Drury, 1782

• Formica grossa Fabricius, 1787

• Formica migratoria De Geer, 1773

• Formica visitatrix Christ, 1791

colombica Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama)

• Atta cephalotes erecta Santschi, 1929

• Atta columbica tonsipes Santschi, 1929

• Atta lebasii Guérin-Méneville, 1844

cubana Fontenla Rizo, 1995 (Cuba)

D
dissimilis Jerdon, 1851 (India)

domicola Jerdon, 1851 (India)

G
goiana Gonçalves, 1942 (Brazil)

I
insularis Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (Cuba, Greater Antilles)

L
laevigata (Smith, F., 1858) (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela)

• Atta laevigata venezuelensis Gonçalves, 1942

• Atta sexdens bolchevista Gonçalves, 1942

• Atta silvai Gonçalves, 1983

M
mexicana (Smith, F., 1858) (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, United States)

O
opaciceps Borgmeier, 1939 (Brazil)

P
pilosa (Buckley, 1867) (United States)

R
robusta Borgmeier, 1939 (Brazil)

S
saltensis Forel, 1913 (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay)

• Atta polita lizeri Santschi, 1920

• Atta vollenweideri obscurata Gallardo, 1916

sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela)

• Atta coptophylla Guérin-Méneville, 1844

• Atta sexdens autuorii Borgmeier, 1950

• Atta sexdens fuscata Santschi, 1922

• Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908

• Atta vollenweideri lugens Borgmeier, 1939

• Atta vollenweideri piriventris Santschi, 1919

• Formica flavicornis Fabricius, 1789

• Formica sexdentata Latreille, 1802

• Oecodoma abdominalis Smith, F., 1858

T
tardigrada (Buckley, 1867) (United States)

texana (Buckley, 1860) (Mexico, United States)

V
vollenweideri Forel, 1893 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)

• Atta vollenweideri tristis Santschi, 1919