Acromyrmex crassispinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Acromyrmex |
Species: | A. crassispinus
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Binomial name | |
Acromyrmex crassispinus |
Acromyrmex crassispinus is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae found in the wild naturally throughout South America, especially in Argentina and Paraguay.[citation needed]
Acromyrmex crassispinus is black-brown in colour; the queen is 10 – 12 mm in size and the workers may range from 5 to 15 mm long.[citation needed]