Atta species by Country

Species Richness
The richness of Atta species shows this pattern (countries with darker colours are more species-rich).



These species are known from the following countries.

Argentina

 * Atta saltensis
 * Atta sexdens
 * Atta vollenweideri

Belize

 * Atta cephalotes

Bolivia

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta laevigata
 * Atta saltensis
 * Atta sexdens
 * Atta vollenweideri

Brazil

 * Atta bisphaerica
 * Atta capiguara
 * Atta goiana
 * Atta laevigata
 * Atta opaciceps
 * Atta robusta
 * Atta sexdens
 * Atta vollenweideri

Colombia

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta colombica
 * Atta laevigata
 * Atta sexdens

Costa Rica

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta colombica
 * Atta sexdens

Cuba

 * Atta cubana
 * Atta insularis

Ecuador

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta sexdens

El Salvador

 * Atta mexicana

French Guiana

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta laevigata
 * Atta sexdens

Greater Antilles

 * Atta insularis

Guatemala

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta colombica
 * Atta mexicana

Guyana

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta laevigata
 * Atta sexdens

Honduras

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta mexicana

Lesser Antilles

 * Atta cephalotes

Mexico

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta mexicana
 * Atta texana

Nicaragua

 * Atta colombica

Panama

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta colombica
 * Atta sexdens

Paraguay

 * Atta capiguara
 * Atta laevigata
 * Atta saltensis
 * Atta sexdens
 * Atta vollenweideri

Peru

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta sexdens

Suriname

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta laevigata
 * Atta sexdens

Trinidad and Tobago

 * Atta cephalotes

United States

 * Atta mexicana
 * Atta texana

Uruguay

 * Atta sexdens
 * Atta vollenweideri

Venezuela

 * Atta cephalotes
 * Atta laevigata
 * Atta sexdens