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Acromyrmex versicolor

Desert leafcutter ant

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Acromyrmex versicolor

AntCat · view at source · updated on 11/07/2026

Author: (Pergande, 1893) species Valid name

Formicidae

Acromyrmex versicolor (Pergande, 1894)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Desert Leaf-cutter Ant

SPECIES Valid name

Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Acromyrmex

Acromyrmex versicolor

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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species of insect

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(c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta · CC BY · iNaturalist

(c) D. L. Quinn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by D. L. Quinn · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Mason Salem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mason Salem · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Christopher James, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christopher James · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist

(c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY · iNaturalist

(c) paulswitzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by paulswitzer · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

Occurrences (GBIF) 2 countries · 1538 records

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Year	Records
1902	1
1905	16
1910	15
1914	1
1917	185
1919	15
1920	1
1932	1
1933	2
1934	2
1937	4
1938	1
1940	2
1948	15
1952	13
1958	5
1960	6
1964	3
1967	4
1969	7
1970	3
1971	1
1973	17
1980	4
1981	18
1982	7
1983	3
1984	3
1987	8
1988	1
1990	3
1993	4
1994	15
1996	1
1997	2
1998	1
1999	2
2001	3
2002	9
2004	10
2005	6
2006	3
2007	1
2008	13
2009	9
2010	8
2011	2
2012	5
2013	3
2014	5
2015	13
2016	7
2017	17
2018	27
2019	35
2020	47
2021	119
2022	154
2023	87
2024	140
2025	162
2026	134

United States · 1,465 Mexico · 73

United States 05/10/2026 · Rebekah Thompson · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 03/10/2026 · johngayle · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 30/09/2026 · haleyolv · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 22/09/2026 · geotropics · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 20/09/2026 · naturephotosuze · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 15/09/2026 · tom · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 15/09/2026 · Mike Plagens · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 14/09/2026 · Leonard Brosanders · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 13/09/2026 · Male · ryanlg · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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