Acromyrmex subterraneus (Forel 1893)

Paraguay: Alto Paraná, Caaguazú, Canindeyú, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Paraguarí

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

Atta (Acromyrmex) subterranea Forel, 1893h PDF: 593 (s.w.q.) BRAZIL. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1901g PDF: 301 (m.).Combination in Acromyrmex: Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 329; Emery, 1924f PDF: 350.Subspecies of Acromyrmex coronatus: Forel, 1901g PDF: 301; Forel, 1911e PDF: 291; Forel, 1911g PDF: 257; Bruch, 1914 PDF: 216; Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 329.Status as species: tatus as species: Emery, 1905f: 48; Emery, 1906c PDF: 165; Forel, 1906d PDF: 248; Forel, 1908 PDF: 351; Forel, 1909a PDF: 257; Forel, 1912f PDF: 181; Luederwaldt, 1918 PDF: 39; Santschi, 1919f PDF: 51; Emery, 1924f PDF: 350; Santschi, 1925a PDF: 372; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 135; Eidmann, 1936b PDF: 83; Santschi, 1937f PDF: 230 (redescription); Weber, 1938b PDF: 204; Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 163; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 15; Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989 PDF: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 57; Wild, 2007b PDF: 30; Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 114; Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 92 (redescription); Fernández & Serna, 2019 PDF: 834.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus: Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 92.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex subterraneus mixtus: Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 164; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 57; Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 92.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex subterraneus ogloblini: Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 92.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex subterraneus peruvianus: Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 92.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex subterraneus purensis: Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 164; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 57; Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 92.

Canindeyú , Central, Cordillera (ALWC, INBP, LACM, MHNG MZSP, USNM). Literature records: Alto Paraná , Caaguazú , Canindeyú , Concepción , Cordillera, Guairá , Paraguarí , “Paraguay” (s. loc.) (Emery 1906, Forel 1906h, Forel 1908b, Forel 1909, Fowler 1985, Santschi 1925a).

Acromyrmex subterraneus is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus Acromyrmex. This species is from one of the two genera of advanced attines (fungus-growing ants) within the tribe Attini.