Acromyrmex
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![Profile view of an A. balzani worker](/Images/godic/202412/20/Acromyrmex_balzani_casent0173790_profile_10538.jpg")
![Diagram of an ant's anatomy](/Images/godic/202412/20/Scheme_ant_worker_anatomy-en.svg0538.png")
![A. balzani worker carrying a leaf](/Images/godic/202412/20/Leafcutter_ant_carrying_leaf0538.jpg")
Acromyrmex is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. This genus is found in South America and parts of Central America and the Caribbean Islands, and contains 31 known species. Commonly known as "leafcutter ants" they comprise one of the two genera of advanced attines within the tribe Attini, along with Atta.