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title: "Chicatana Leafcutter Ant"
description: "Atta mexicana — Owady i pająki. Atta mexicana is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus Atta."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/chicatana-leafcutter-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chicatana Leafcutter Ant

> Atta mexicana — Owady i pająki. Atta mexicana is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus  Atta.

- Scientific name: *Atta mexicana*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9084
- Wikidata: [Q1952491](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1952491)
- iNaturalist taxon: [300315](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/300315)

## Names

- en: Chicatana Leafcutter Ant
- es: Hormiga chicatana negra
- fr: Fourmi coupe-feuille du Mexique

## Countries with the most observations

MX (7558), US (148), GT (133), HN (113), SV (53), BZ (3)

## Summary

Atta mexicana is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus  Atta. This species is from one of the two genera of advanced attines (fungus-growing ants) within the tribe Attini.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_mexicana

## Photo

![Chicatana Leafcutter Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chicatana-leafcutter-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: mhills33 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123736880

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chicatana-leafcutter-ant?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).