Species: Daceton armigerum

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Formica armigera Latreille, 1802a PDF: 244, pl. 9, fig. 58 (w.) BRAZIL. Neotropic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype? workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: (no further data) (“collection du Stathouder”). Primary type depository: MNHN ? (not confirmed). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Smith, 1853 PDF: 226 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1955a PDF: 122 (l.)

Combination in Atta: Guérin-Méneville, 1844a PDF: 421.

Combination in Daceton: Perty, 1833: 136; Smith, 1853 PDF: 226.

Status as species: Perty, 1833: 136; Guérin-Méneville, 1844a PDF: 421; Smith, 1853 PDF: 226; Smith, 1858a PDF: 160; Roger, 1862c PDF: 290; Roger, 1863b PDF: 40; Mayr, 1884 PDF: 38; Mayr, 1886c PDF: 360; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 149; Emery, 1894d PDF: 140; Forel, 1895b PDF: 136; Forel, 1907h PDF: 3; Crawley, 1916b PDF: 372; Mann, 1916 PDF: 452; Wheeler, 1916c PDF: 9; Wheeler, 1923a PDF: 4; Emery, 1924f PDF: 316; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 120; Borgmeier, 1934 PDF: 103; Kempf, 1961b PDF: 514; Wilson, 1962b PDF: 403; Kempf, 1970b PDF: 335; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 168; Gronenberg, 1996: 2012; Bolton, 1999 PDF: 1655; Bolton, 2000: 18; Azorsa & Sosa-Calvo, 2008 PDF: 30; Sosa-Calvo et al., 2010 PDF: 39 (in key); Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 117; Fernández & Serna, 2019 PDF: 851.

Senior synonym of Daceton cordata: Roger, 1862c PDF: 290; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 406; Roger, 1863b PDF: 40; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 149; Forel, 1895b PDF: 136; Emery, 1924f PDF: 317; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 120; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 168.

[Note: Mayr, 1863a PDF: 406, gives Daceton cordata as senior synonym, but Daceton armigerum has priority (Roger, 1863b PDF: 40).]

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Neotropical

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name	Status	Publication	Pages	ModsID	GoogleMaps
Daceton armigerum		Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum: 160-161, (download)	160-161	8127
Daceton armigerum		Azorsa, F. & Sosa-Calvo, J., 2008, Description of a remarkable new species of ant in the genus Daceton Perty (Formicidae: Dacetini) from South America., Zootaxa 1749, pp. 27-38: 30-32, (download)	30-32	21510

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in scrubby forest, 1 times found in savanna and rainforest, 1 times found in rainforest, 1 times found in riparian forest, 1 times found in rock savana, 1 times found in scrubby riparian forest, 1 times found in Secondary forest in city park, 1 times found in tropical moist forest, 1 times found in premontane rainforest, 1 times found in WhiteSand, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times nest series, ex tree, 1 times at day; stray ants, 1 times stray forager, 1 times on tree trunk, 1 times on low vegetation, 1 times nest in live branch in tree fall same collection number as AVS#4387, 1 times LeafLitter, 1 times foraging on tree same collection as AVS#4385, 1 times at bait.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 5 times search, 1 times baiting, 1 times Pitfall48h.

Elevations: collected from 4 - 820 meters, 246 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1920-08-16 00:00:00.0 and 2020-09-24 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: Daceton armigerum: casent0916655

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Species: Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)

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