Daceton | |
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D. armigerum worker from Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
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]