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 southern Brazil.^[2]

Profile view of ant A. crassispinus specimen

Acromyrmex crassispinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Acromyrmex
Species:	A. crassispinus
Binomial name
Acromyrmex crassispinus Forel, 1909[1]

Acromyrmex crassispinus is black-brown in colour; the queen is 10 – 12 mm in length.^{[citation needed]}

Head view of ant A. crassispinus specimen

Other names

• Acromyrmex atratus Gonçalves, 1961
• A. diabolica Gonçalves, 1961
• A. insularis Gonçalves, 1961
• A. mediocris Gonçalves, 1961
• A. mesonotalis Forel, 1909
• A. rufescens Gonçalves, 1961
• A. rusticus Gonçalves, 1961

See also

• List of leafcutter ants