Acromyrmex aspersus

Acromyrmex aspersus is a species of New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae found in the wild naturally in southern Brazil and Peru. Commonly known as "leaf-cutter ants", they are a species of ant from one of the two genera of advanced fungus-growing ants within the tribe Attini.

Subspecies
Acromyrmex aspersus contains these subspecies:
 * Acromyrmex aspersus aspersus F. Smith, 1858
 * Acromyrmex aspersus fuhrmanni Forel, 1914