Abstract
Survey of leaf-cutting ant species in the central region of the state of Tocantins, Brazil.
Highlights
The tribe Attini comprises 48 extant genera and 2,688 extant species (Bolton, 2021), and among them, Atta Fabricius, 1804, Acromyrmex Mayr, 1865, and Amoimyrmex Cristiano et al, 2020 - popularly named leaf-cutting ants - are important pests of forest plantations, agriculture, and livestock in several regions of Brazil and America (Britto et al, 2016)
The distribution data of leaf-cutting ants in Brazil is dispersed and the taxonomy is not updated (Delabie et al, 2011), and a regional list is an important tool for a better understanding of this distribution (Vicente et al, 2018; Arruda et al, 2020)
The survey was carried out in the Metropolitan Region of Palmas, which corresponds to 16 municipalities according to the FNEM (2019) classification (Figures 1 and 2; Supplementary Material)
Summary
The tribe Attini comprises 48 extant genera and 2,688 extant species (Bolton, 2021), and among them, Atta Fabricius, 1804, Acromyrmex Mayr, 1865, and Amoimyrmex Cristiano et al, 2020 - popularly named leaf-cutting ants - are important pests of forest plantations, agriculture, and livestock in several regions of Brazil and America (Britto et al, 2016). The distribution data of leaf-cutting ants in Brazil is dispersed and the taxonomy is not updated (Delabie et al, 2011), and a regional list is an important tool for a better understanding of this distribution (Vicente et al, 2018; Arruda et al, 2020).
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