Daceton
| Daceton | |
|---|---|
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| D. armigerum worker from Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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]
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. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Genus: Daceton". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- PMID 22737205.
External links
Media related to Daceton at Wikimedia Commons
