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Texas leafcutter ant

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Texas leafcutter ant

Summary

Texas leafcutter ant is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month, #1,602 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Texas leafcutter ant's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Texas leafcutter ant is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Texas leafcutter ant belongs to the parent taxon Atta[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Texas leafcutter ant is Atta texana[6].
  • Texas leafcutter ant's Commons category is recorded as Atta texana[7].
  • Texas leafcutter ant's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. texana'}[8].
  • Texas leafcutter ant is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Texas Leaf Cutting Ant'}[9].
  • Texas leafcutter ant's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Texas leafcutter ant is Atta texana[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Atta[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Texas Leaf Cutting Ant'}[9].

Identifiers

Texas leafcutter ant's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 151794[11]. Texas leafcutter ant's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 493209[12]. Texas leafcutter ant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5035741[13]. Texas leafcutter ant's ITIS TSN is recorded as 154203[14].

Why It Matters

Texas leafcutter ant ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month, #1,602 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Diurnal periodicity of flight by insects. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Atta
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