Atta bisphaerica
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Atta bisphaerica Forel, 1908
This species of leaf-cutting ants is found in parts of South America, where it lives in grasslands and sugarcane fields. It is regarded as a serious pest of pastures and sugarcane.
A. bisphaerica builds large underground nests which contain hundreds or thousands of chambers with fungus gardens It is closely related to A. sexdens and has been previously regarded as a subspecies of that species.
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| • Português: | saúva-mata-pasto |
