Biology:Labidus coecus

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Short description: Species of ant

Labidus coecus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Labidus
Species:
L. coecus
Binomial name
Labidus coecus
(Latreille, 1802)

Labidus coecus is a species of army ant in the family Formicidae found in Central and South America.[1][2][3][4] It has been witnessed predating upon Podocnemis turtles.[5]

References

  1. "Labidus coecus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=575300. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  2. "Labidus coecus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1320611. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  3. "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. https://www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
  4. da Costa Reis, M.; Reintjes, J. M.; Chen, D.; O’Donnell, S. (August 2021). "Predation on nests of three species of Amazon River turtles (Podocnemis) by underground-foraging army ants (Labidus coecus)". Insectes Sociaux 68 (2-3): 277–281. doi:10.1007/s00040-021-00814-8. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4042531 entry