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  7. Higher Myrmicine Ants
  8. Fungus-growing Ants

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Fungus-growing Ants

Attina

Includes
14 native 1 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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  • Trachymyrmex 6 native
  • Cyphomyrmex 3 native
  • Atta Leaf-cutter Ants 2 native
  • Mycetomoellerius 1 native
  • Mycetosoritis 1 native
  • Acromyrmex Leafcutter Ants 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native fungus-growing ants All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Chicatana Leafcutter Ant Atta mexicana 9,048 observations
  • Texas Leafcutter Ant Atta texana 6,587 observations
  • Northern Fungus-farming Ant Trachymyrmex septentrionalis 2,518 observations
  • Desert Leaf-cutter Ant Acromyrmex versicolor 1,248 observations
  • Minute Fungus-farming Ant Cyphomyrmex minutus 243 observations
  • Turret Fungus-farming Ant Mycetomoellerius turrifex 165 observations
  • Wheeler’s Fungus-farming Ant Cyphomyrmex wheeleri 125 observations
  • Arizona Fungus-farming Ant Trachymyrmex arizonensis 86 observations
  • Smith's Fungus-farming Ant Trachymyrmex smithi 58 observations
  • Jamaican Fungus-farming Ant Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis 50 observations
  • Cyphomyrmex flavidus 44 observations
  • Desert Fungus-farming Ant Trachymyrmex desertorum 23 observations
  • Hartmann's Fungus-farming Ant Mycetosoritis hartmanni 18 observations
  • Trachymyrmex carinatus 15 observations
  • Trachymyrmex pomonae 6 observations
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