Biology:Daceton
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Short description: Genus of ants
Daceton | |
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D. armigerum worker from Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Daceton Perty, 1833 |
Type species | |
Formica armigera Latreille, 1802
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Diversity[1] | |
2 species | |
Synonyms | |
Dacetum Agassiz, 1846 |
Daceton is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus contains only two species: D. armigerum, the most studied species, distributed throughout northern South America,[3] and D. boltoni, known from Brazil and Peru.[4]
![](/wiki/images/thumb/3/3d/Trap_jawed_ants_-_Creighton.svg/250px-Trap_jawed_ants_-_Creighton.svg.png)
Trap-jawed ants: Strumigenys, Daceton, Odontomachus, Anochetus, Myrmoteras
Species
- Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)
- Daceton boltoni Azorsa & Sosa-Calvo, 2008
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Daceton". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429551.
- ↑ "Genus: Daceton". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Daceton&rank=genus&project=allantwebants.
- ↑ Dejean, A.; Delabie, J. H. C.; Corbara, B.; Azémar, F. D.; Groc, S.; Orivel, J. R. M.; Leponce, M. (2012). Hughes, William. ed. "The Ecology and Feeding Habits of the Arboreal Trap-Jawed Ant Daceton armigerum". PLOS ONE 7 (5): 1–8. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037683. PMID 22737205.
- ↑ Azorsa, Frank; Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey (2008), "Description of a remarkable new species of ant in the genus Daceton Perty (Formicidae: Dacetini) from South America.", Zootaxa 1749: 27–38, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1749.1.3, http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01749p038.pdf
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4036963 entry
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