Atta vollenweideri
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| Atta vollenweideri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Atta |
| Species: | A. vollenweideri |
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| Atta vollenweideri | |
Atta vollenweideri, common name chaco leafcutter ant,[2] is a species of leafcutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus Atta. This species is from one of the two genera of advanced attines (fungus-growing ants) within the tribe Attini.
Colonies are made up of around 4-7 million individuals.[3]
