Acromyrmex balzani (Emery 1890)

Paraguay: Amambay, Caaguazú, Caazapá, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Itapúa, Paraguarí

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

Atta (Acromyrmex) balzani Emery, 1890b PDF: 67 (footnote) (w.) PARAGUAY. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Atta (Moellerius): Forel, 1893h PDF: 589.Combination in Acromyrmex (Moellerius): Santschi, 1916e PDF: 389; Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 334.Subspecies of Acromyrmex landolti: Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 124; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 15; Zolessi et al., 1988: 5.Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 151; Forel, 1895b PDF: 138; Emery, 1896h PDF: 626; Emery, 1905f: 44; Forel, 1911e PDF: 293; Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 334; Santschi, 1916e PDF: 389; Santschi, 1922c PDF: 362; Emery, 1924f PDF: 351; Santschi, 1925a PDF: 386; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 135; Santschi, 1934c PDF: 32; Weber, 1937 PDF: 408; Weber, 1938b PDF: 200; Weber, 1946c PDF: 155; Kusnezov, 1953c PDF: 338; Kusnezov, 1956a PDF: 34 (in key); Weber, 1958e PDF: 264; Fowler, 1988b: 284; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 323; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Wild, 2007b PDF: 30; Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 114.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex gallardoi: Santschi, 1922c PDF: 362; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 135; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 15; Fowler, 1988b: 284; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 323; Bolton, 1995b: 54.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex landolti nivalis: Fowler, 1988b: 284; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 323; Bolton, 1995b: 54.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex landolti parens: Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 124; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 15; Fowler, 1988b: 284; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 323; Bolton, 1995b: 54.

Caaguazú , Central, Concepción (?), Cordillera, Itapúa , Paraguarí , “Paraguay” (s. loc.) (ALWC, INBP, LACM, MCSN, MHNG, MZSP, NHMB, NHMW, USNM). Literature records: Amambay, Caaguazú , Caazapá , Central, Concepción (?), Cordillera, Itapúa , “Paraguay” (s. loc.) (Emery 1890a, Emery 1896b, Forel 1895, Forel 1911a, Fowler 1985, Santschi 1920a, Santschi 1925a).

Acromyrmex balzani is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus Acromyrmex. It is found in the wild naturally in eastern Paraguay and southern Brazil.

A. balzani worker carrying a leaf Head view of an A. balzani worker