Acromyrmex ambiguus is a species of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae found in the wild naturally in southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Commonly known as "leaf-cutter ants", they are a species of ant from one of the two genera of advanced fungus-growing ants within the tribe Attini.[2]
| Acromyrmex ambiguus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Acromyrmex |
| Species: | A. ambiguus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acromyrmex ambiguus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acromyrmex erectus Goncalves, 1961 | |
References
edit- ^ "ITIS - Report: Acromyrmex ambiguus".
- ^ Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. — Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995. 504 p.