Taxonomic history
[Misspelled as aspera by Santschi, 1919f PDF: 51.].Emery, 1905f: 49 (w.m.).Combination in Atta: Roger, 1863b PDF: 35.Combination in Atta (Acromyrmex): Forel, 1893h PDF: 590.Combination in Acromyrmex: Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 328.Junior synonym of Acromyrmex octospinosus: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 153; Forel, 1893h PDF: 590; Forel, 1899b PDF: 34; Santschi, 1913h PDF: 41.Status as species: Roger, 1863b PDF: 35; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 437; Emery, 1905f: 48; Emery, 1906c PDF: 165; Forel, 1911e PDF: 292; Mann, 1916 PDF: 454; Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 328; Luederwaldt, 1918 PDF: 38; Santschi, 1919f PDF: 51; Emery, 1924f PDF: 348; Santschi, 1925a PDF: 391 (in key); Santschi, 1925d PDF: 242; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 129; Bruch, 1928 PDF: 346; Weber, 1938b PDF: 205; Kusnezov, 1956a PDF: 35 (in key); Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 132; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 11; Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989 PDF: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 114; Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 43 (redescription); Fernández & Serna, 2019 PDF: 833.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex aspersus affinis: Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 132; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 43.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex aspersus fuhrmanni: Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 43.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex mesonotalis inquirens: Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 132; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 43.Senior synonym of Acromyrmex aspersus mesonotalis: Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 132; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Fernández et al., 2015 PDF: 43.Material of the unavailable name Acromyrmex aspersus mesonotalis clarus: referred here by Gonçalves, 1961 PDF: 132; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 54.
Acromyrmex aspersus is a species of New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae found in the wild naturally in southern Brazil and Peru. Commonly known as "leaf-cutter ants", they are a species of ant from one of the two genera of advanced fungus-growing ants within the tribe Attini.[1]
Acromyrmex aspersus contains these subspecies:
Acromyrmex aspersus is a species of New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae found in the wild naturally in southern Brazil and Peru. Commonly known as "leaf-cutter ants", they are a species of ant from one of the two genera of advanced fungus-growing ants within the tribe Attini.
