Ectatomma tuberculatum
Ectatomma tuberculatum is a Neotropical species of ant in the subfamily Ectatomminae.[1] Common in the Neotropics, the species is found from Mexico to Argentina.[2] It is a host to the related social parasite Ectatomma parasiticum, the only known parasitic species in the subfamily Ectatomminae.[3]
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| E. tuberculatum worker | |
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| Species: | E. tuberculatum |
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| Ectatomma tuberculatum (Olivier, 1792) | |
See also
References
- Bolton, B. (2015). "Ectatomma tuberculatum". AntCat. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- Arias-Penna, T. M. (2008). "Subfamilia Ectatomminae". In Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; et al. (eds.). Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia (in Spanish). pp. 53–107.
- 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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