Ecitonini
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Ecitonini | |
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Eciton burchellii army ants | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ecitoninae |
Tribe: | Ecitonini Forel, 1893 |
Type genus | |
Eciton[1] | |
Genera | |
See text | |
Ecitonini is a New World army ant tribe containing most of the familiar species of army ants. The genus Neivamyrmex is the largest of all army ant genera, containing some 120 species, most in the Neotropics but some with ranges in the United States.
Species
- Eciton Latreille, 1804
- Labidus Jurine, 1807
- Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1940
- Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 1936
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2013), "An online catalog of the ants of the world.", AntCat, retrieved 13 October 2013
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