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Hairy-headed leafcutter ant
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Ants, bees & wasps

Hairy-headed leafcutter ant

Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Names

EnglishHairy-headed leafcutter ant
Dutch—
SpanishHormiga arriera roja
Chinese巨首芭切叶蚁
Sranan Tongomira (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAtta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

Atta cephalotes, commonly known as the hairy-headed leafcutter ant, is a species of leafcutter ant in the tribe Attini (fungus-growing ants). A colony can contain up to 5 million members, and each colony has a single queen that can live more than 20 years. The colony comprises different castes, known as "task partitioning", and each caste has a different job to do. This caste system includes minims, medias and majors.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFormicidae
GenusAtta

In Suriname

17Records in Suriname
18iNaturalist observations
2013First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne10
  • Brokopondo2
  • Para1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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