Daceton

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|image = Daceton armigerum casent0178489 dorsal 1.jpg

|image_caption = D. armigerum worker from Brazil

|taxon = Daceton

|authority = Perty, 1833

|type_species = Formica armigera

|type_species_authority = Latreille, 1802

|diversity_link = #Species

|diversity = 2 species

|diversity_ref = {{AntCat|429551|Daceton|2015|accessdate=11 January 2015}}

|synonyms = Dacetum Agassiz, 1846

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Daceton is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus contains only two species: D. armigerum, the most studied species, distributed throughout northern South America, and D. boltoni, known from Brazil and Peru.Image:Trap jawed ants - Creighton.svg, Daceton, Odontomachus, Anochetus, Myrmoteras]]

Species

Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)
Daceton boltoni Azorsa & Sosa-Calvo, 2008

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Daceton&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Daceton |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=23 September 2013}}

{{Cite journal | last1 = Dejean | first1 = A. | last2 = Delabie | first2 = J. H. C. | last3 = Corbara | first3 = B. | last4 = Azémar | first4 = F. D. | last5 = Groc | first5 = S. | last6 = Orivel | first6 = J. R. M. | last7 = Leponce | first7 = M. | editor1-last = Hughes | editor1-first = William | title = The Ecology and Feeding Habits of the Arboreal Trap-Jawed Ant Daceton armigerum | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0037683 | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 7 | issue = 5 | pages = 1–8 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22737205| pmc =3380855 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2012PLoSO...737683D }}

{{citation|last1=Azorsa |first1=Frank |last2=Sosa-Calvo |first2=Jeffrey |year=2008 |title= Description of a remarkable new species of ant in the genus Daceton Perty (Formicidae: Dacetini) from South America. |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1749 |pages=27–38 |doi= 10.11646/zootaxa.1749.1.3|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01749p038.pdf }}

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External links

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Category:Myrmicinae

Category:Ant genera

Category:Hymenoptera of South America