Leafcutter ant
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| phylum | Arthropoda | Leafcutter ants are any of at least 55 species of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the three genera Atta, Acromyrmex, and Amoimyrmex, within the tribe Attini. These species of tropical, fungus-growing ants are all endemic to South and Central America, Mexico, and parts of the southern United States. Leafcutter ants can carry twenty times their body weight and cut and process fresh vegetation (leaves, flowers, and grasses) to serve as the nutritional substrate for their fungal cultivates.
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| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Hymenoptera | |
| family | Formicidae | |
| Subfamily | Myrmicinae | |
| Tribe | Attini |
