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Atta sexdens

Leafcutter ant

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Atta sexdens

AntCat · view at source · updated on 21/07/2026

Author: (Linnaeus, 1758) species Valid name

Formicidae

Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Atta

Atta sexdens

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

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species of ant

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(c) arturbocchi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Observações Naturalistas | Bruno Uehara, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Observações Naturalistas | Bruno Uehara · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) José Valério G. Escrig, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by José Valério G. Escrig · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

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

Occurrences (GBIF) 17 countries · 1203 records

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Year	Records
1911	1
1922	1
1935	13
1938	6
1944	5
1947	2
1960	9
1964	1
1967	1
1968	2
1969	1
1970	2
1971	9
1972	9
1975	12
1976	22
1977	15
1978	31
1979	5
1980	1
1981	5
1982	4
1983	4
1986	1
1988	4
1989	21
1990	1
1991	2
1992	2
1993	3
1994	5
1995	7
1996	1
1998	7
1999	3
2000	5
2001	3
2002	1
2003	1
2005	4
2006	8
2007	4
2008	3
2009	5
2010	24
2011	48
2012	62
2013	19
2014	21
2015	23
2016	22
2017	23
2018	50
2019	28
2020	17
2021	23
2022	43
2023	75
2024	91
2025	201
2026	99

Brazil · 793 Colombia · 112 Argentina · 87 Panama · 72 Peru · 27 Paraguay · 26 French Guiana · 25 Bolivia · 16 Nicaragua · 16 Venezuela · 9 Guyana · 6 Mexico · 5 Suriname · 3 China · 2 Ecuador · 2 Germany · 1 Uruguay · 1

Brazil 02/10/2026 · nandaluz · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Brazil 29/09/2026 · Jonatas Azaiel · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Brazil 27/09/2026 · Erik Hackmann · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Brazil 26/09/2026 · Female · seiga · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Bolivia 25/09/2026 · Andy Jordan · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Brazil 24/09/2026 · Claudio Novaes · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Argentina 20/09/2026 · Agulian Carlos · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Brazil 19/09/2026 · Female · Domi · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Brazil 16/09/2026 · Alice Gontijo · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Brazil 07/09/2026 · The Great Walter · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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