Eciton vagans

Eciton vagans
Eciton vagans worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Eciton
Species: E. vagans
Binomial name
Eciton vagans
Olivier, 1792
Subspecies[1]

Eciton vagans allognathum
Eciton vagans angustatum
Eciton vagans dispar
Eciton vagans dubitatum
Eciton vagans fur
Eciton vagans mutatum
Eciton vagans vagans

Eciton vagans is a species of New World army ant in the genus Eciton. It occurs in dry and wet forest habitats, occupying a range extending from Mexico to throughout Costa Rica and possibly Panama and Colombia. Raids are always in columns and are distinguished in being usually nocturnal; preferred prey commonly include other ants.[2] It is closely related to the Eciton burchellii species.

References

  1. ↑ "Eciton vagans". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
  2. ↑ Longino, John T. (16 July 2005). "Formicidae: Eciton angustatum". The Evergreen State College.
  • Wheeler, W. M. (December 1912). "The Male of Eciton vagans Olivier". Psyche (Cambridge Entomological Club) 19 (6): 206–207. doi:10.1155/1912/79201.

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