Daceton
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]
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| D. armigerum worker from Brazil | |
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| Genus: | Daceton Perty, 1833 |
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| Formica armigera Latreille, 1802 | |
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| 2 species | |
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Dacetum Agassiz, 1846 | |
Species
- Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)
- Daceton boltoni Azorsa & Sosa-Calvo, 2008
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References
- Bolton, B. (2015). "Daceton". AntCat. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- "Genus: Daceton". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- 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. PMC 3380855. 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." (PDF), Zootaxa, 1749: 27–38
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