Atta cephalotes

TaxID: 12957

Basic Information

Atta cephalotes

Fourmi céphalote, Troublesome Umbrella Ant

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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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Formicidae

Atta

cephalotes

unclassified

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (7 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Antigua and Barbuda Quarantine pests —
Guinea Quarantine pests —
Haiti Quarantine pests —
Jamaica Quarantine pests —
New Caledonia Quarantine pests —
French Polynesia Absent —
Seychelles Quarantine pests —

Distribution (22 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Switzerland Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Cuba Present —
Germany Present —
Ecuador Present —
France Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_000143395.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_000143395.3 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_000143395.2 Scaffold 317 14 5154 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR26290163 central brain adult female 10616211 USA
SRR26290162 central brain adult female 35424391 USA
SRR26290253 central brain adult female 9592901 USA

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

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