Daceton
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| Daceton | |
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| D. armigerum worker from Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Dacetini |
| Genus: | Daceton Perty, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Formica armigera | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dacetum Agassiz, 1846 | |
Daceton is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[1] The genus contains only two species: D. armigerum, the most studied species, distributed throughout northern South America,[2] and D. boltoni, known from Brazil and Peru.[3]
The genus has been considered primitive with respect to other members of the Dacetini, but a phylogenetic analysis of the tribe is necessary to fully understand the relationships of its constituent species and genera. Molecular phylogenetic evidence by Brady et al. (2006) suggests that Dacetini may not be monophyletic.[4]
Species
- Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)
- Daceton boltoni Azorsa & Sosa-Calvo, 2008
References
- 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
- Brady, S.G., Schultz, T.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (2006). Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103, 18172–18177.
- Dejean, A.; Delabie, J. H. C.; Corbara, B.; Azémar, F. D.; Groc, S.; Orivel, J. R. M.; Leponce, M. (2012). "The Ecology and Feeding Habits of the Arboreal Trap-Jawed Ant Daceton armigerum". In Hughes, William. PLoS ONE 7 (5): 1–8. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037683. PMC 3380855. PMID 22737205.
External links
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