Daceton armigerum

SPECIES

1. KingdomAnimalia
2. PhylumArthropoda
3. ClassInsecta
4. OrderHymenoptera
5. FamilyFormicidae

(figs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 17-19) Formica armigera Latreille , 1802: 244, pl. 9, fig. 58. Syntype(?) worker, Brazil (not seen). Myrmecia cordata Fabricius , 1804: 425. Syntypes, 2 workers, America Meridionali [South America]. (Synonymy by Roger, 1862: 290.) (seen) Daceton armigerum (Latreille) ; Perty, 1833: 136 (combination). Atta (?) armigera (Latreille) ; Guerin-Meneville, 1844: 421 (combination). Daceton armigerum (Latreille) ; F. Smith, 1853: 226 (revived combination). Worker. Measurements (mm): EL 0.44-0.87, GL 1.89-4.50, HL 1.44-4.06, HW 1.58-4.17, ML 0.79-3.32, PL 0.78-1.93, PPL 0.26-0.51, PSL 0.32-1.59, PW 1.38-4.60, SL 0.94-2.77, TL 6.91-17.8, WL 1.70-4.24. Indexes: CI 102-113, MI 55-88, PI 41-52, PSI 18-39, SI 59-73 (17 measured). Polymorphic. Head wider than long, heart-shaped. Mandibles linear and elongate, each with an apical fork of two teeth that overlap at full closure, of which the ventral tooth is the largest. Inner (masticatory) margin of mandibles lacking any dentition but with a series of short, thick setae that differ from any other pilosity present on mandibles. Outer margin of mandibles lacking hairs completely or with very short, appressed hairs. Mandibles, in ful

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Specimen records

96

With media

44

Family

Formicidae

Collections

UTEP, USNM, CAS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)

Recorded in

Colombia, Guyana, Peru, French Guiana, Brazil, Brasil, Trinidad And Tobago

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Parent taxon

Daceton

Image

Daceton armigerum.tif

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