Acromyrmex niger

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Acromyrmex niger
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Acromyrmex
Species:
A. niger'
Binomial name
Acromyrmex niger'
F. Smith 1858

Acromyrmex niger is a species of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus Acromyrmex. It is found in the wild naturally in southern Brazil and Paraguay.[ citation needed ]

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