Atta cephalotes (ant)

Abundance: 0.01 to 12.28% (median 0.56%)

Latitudinal range: -7.9° to 10.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6)

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Found in 8 samples

Brazil: Usina Säo José (sugarcane plantation), Usina Säo José (Atlantic Forest)

Colombia: Bosque El Hatico, Alejandría, El Cipres (pasture), El Cipres (fodder banks)

Costa Rica: La Selva Biological Station (Winkler samples)

Ecuador: Otongachi (clay banks)

See also Atta, Atta laevigata, Atta mexicana, Atta robusta, Atta sexdens, Atta sp. 1, Atta sp. 2