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Genus: Acromyrmex

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Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Acromyrmex

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

32 species, 30 subspecies

Acromyrmex Mayr, 1865: 83 [as subgenus of Atta] Type-species: Formica hystrix, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Acromyrmex in Cryptoceridae, Attinae: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384.
Acromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Attini: Emery, 1895l PDF: 770; Emery, 1913c PDF: 251; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917 PDF: 247; Wheeler, 1922: 669; Emery, 1924f PDF: 347; all subsequent authors.
Acromyrmex as subgenus of Atta: Mayr, 1865: 83; Forel, 1885a PDF: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 151; Forel, 1893b PDF: 163; Emery, 1895l PDF: 770; Forel, 1899b: 30; Emery, 1905f: 39; Wheeler, 1907d PDF: 670; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 141; Wheeler, 1922: 669.
Acromyrmex as genus: Emery, 1913c PDF: 251; Forel, 1917 PDF: 247; Emery, 1924f PDF: 347; Santschi, 1925a PDF: 355; all subsequent authors.
Genus Acromyrmex references
Forel, 1885a PDF: 361 (all species key); Emery, 1905f: 40 (all species key); Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 325 (Argentina species key); Emery, 1924f PDF: 347 (diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 350 (Acromyrmex (Moellerius) diagnosis, catalogue); Santschi, 1925a PDF: 388 (all species revision, key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 326 (North America species key); Kusnezov, 1956a PDF: 33 (Argentina species key); Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 118 (Brazil species revision, key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 10 (Neotropical catalogue); Alayo, 1974: 42 (Cuba checklist); Zolessi & Abenante, 1977: 73 (Uruguay species, male genitalia); Smith, 1979: 1412 (North America catalogue); Fowler, 1988b: 284 (Acromyrmex (Moellerius) species key); Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 1 (bibliography); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1047 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 54 (catalogue).
Genus Acromyrmex references
Forel, 1885a PDF: 361 (all species key); Emery, 1905f: 40 (all species key); Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 325 (Argentina species key); Emery, 1924f PDF: 347 (diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 350 (Acromyrmex (Moellerius) diagnosis, catalogue); Santschi, 1925a PDF: 388 (all species revision, key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 326 (North America species key); Kusnezov, 1956a PDF: 33 (Argentina species key); Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 118 (Brazil species revision, key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 10 (Neotropical catalogue); Alayo, 1974: 42 (Cuba checklist); Zolessi & Abenante, 1977: 73 (Uruguay species, male genitalia); Smith, 1979: 1412 (North America catalogue); Fowler, 1988b: 284 (Acromyrmex (Moellerius) species key); Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 1 (bibliography); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1047 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 54 (catalogue).

Notes:

These leaf-cutting ants are represented in California by a single species, Acromyrmex versicolor
(Pergande), confined to the southern deserts. The harvested leaves are used to culture
a basidiomycete fungus, which is the principal food of the ants. References: Gamboa
(1975, 1976), Johnson and Rissing (1993), Julian and Fewell (2004), Mueller et al. (2001),
Reichardt and Wheeler (1996), Rissing et al. (1986, 1989), Snelling and George (1979),
Weber (1972).
(From Ward, 2005).

References:

Ward, P.S. (2005). A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 936: 1-68.

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