Ectatomma parasiticum
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| Ectatomma parasiticum | |
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| E. parasiticum dealate queen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Genus: | Ectatomma |
| Species: | E. parasiticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectatomma parasiticum Feitosa, R. M., Hora, R. R. & Delabie, J. H. C., 2008.[1] | |
Ectatomma parasiticum is a species of ant in the subfamily Ectatomminae. It is the only parasitic species described in the Ectatomminae subfamily, and among the rare inquilines from the tropics.[2]
References
- ↑ Feitosa, R. M., Hora, R. R. & Delabie, J. H. C., 2008, A new social parasite in the ant genus Ectatomma F. Smith(Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ectatomminae)., Zootaxa (1713), pp. 47-52: 49-52
- ↑ Fénéron, R. E.; Poteaux, C.; Boilève, M.; Valenzuela, J.; Savarit, F. (2013). "Discrimination of the Social Parasite Ectatomma parasiticum by Its Host Sibling Species (E. Tuberculatum)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2013: 1–11. doi:10.1155/2013/573541.
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