Ectatomma tuberculatum

Ectatomma tuberculatum
Ectatomma tuberculatum worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Ectatomma
Species:
E. tuberculatum
Binomial name
Ectatomma tuberculatum
(Olivier, 1792)

Ectatomma tuberculatum, known in Qʼeqchiʼ as the kelep,[1] is a Neotropical species of ant in the subfamily Ectatomminae.[2] Common in the Neotropics, the species is found from Mexico to Argentina.[3] It is a host to the related social parasite Ectatomma parasiticum, the only known parasitic species in the subfamily Ectatomminae.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Formicidae: Ectatomma tuberculatum". ants.biology.utah.edu.
  2. ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Ectatomma tuberculatum". AntCat. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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