Biology:Ectatomma tuberculatum

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Short description: Neotropical species of ant

Ectatomma tuberculatum
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Ectatomma tuberculatum worker
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Ectatomma
Species:
E. tuberculatum
Binomial name
Ectatomma tuberculatum
(Olivier, 1792)

Ectatomma tuberculatum is a Neotropical species of ant in the subfamily Ectatomminae.[1] Common in the Neotropics, the species is found from Mexico to Argentina.[2] It is a host to the related social parasite Ectatomma parasiticum, the only known parasitic species in the subfamily Ectatomminae.[3]

See also

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Ectatomma tuberculatum". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/437134. 
  2. Arias-Penna, T. M. (2008). "Subfamilia Ectatomminae". in Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M. et al. (in es). Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. pp. 53–107. https://www.antcat.org/references/130683. 
  3. Fénéron, R. E.; Poteaux, C.; Boilève, M.; Valenzuela, J.; Savarit, F. (2013). "Discrimination of the social parasite Ectatomma parasiticum by its host sibling species (E. tuberculatum)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2013: 1–11. doi:10.1155/2013/573541. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13603108 entry