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    Texas leaf-cutter ant
    Atta texana (Buckley)

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    Representative Images(View more at Forestry Images)

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    Texas leaf-cutter ant
    Atta texana
    Adult(s)
    John Moser
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    Texas leaf-cutter ant
    Atta texana
    Adult(s)
    Ronald F. Billings
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    Texas leaf-cutter ant
    Atta texana
    Adult(s)
    Ronald F. Billings
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    Texas leaf-cutter ant
    Atta texana
    Multiple Life Stages
    R. Scott Cameron
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    Texas leaf-cutter ant
    Atta texana
    Adult(s)
    Herbert A. 'Joe' Pase III
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    Texas leaf-cutter ant
    Atta texana
    Feature(s)
    John Moser

    Taxonomic Rank

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Subphylum: Hexapoda
    Class: Insecta
    Infraclass: Neoptera
    Subclass: Pterygota
    Order: Hymenoptera
    Suborder: Apocrita
    Superfamily: Vespoidea
    Family: Formicidae
    Subfamily: Myrmicinae
    Tribe: Attini
    Genus: Atta

    Other System Links

    NPDN Pest: ISASAEA

    Synonyms and Other Names

    Related Scientific Names:
    Myrmica texana Buckley(Synonym)
    Related Scientific Names:
    Oecodoma texana (Buckley)(Synonym)

    References

    Common Name Reference: Arnett, R.H. 1985. American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York. 850 pp.
    Scientific Name Reference: R.W. Poole and P. Gentili, Nomina Insecta Nearctica. 1996. Nomina insecta nearctica: a checklist of the insects of North America. Vol. 1-4. Rockville (MD): Entomological Information Services. Available at URL: http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/main.htm





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