Dacetinops

Dacetinops is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.^[2] Its seven species are known from Borneo (D. cirrosus, D. concinnus, D. solivagus and D. wilsoni), and Papua New Guinea (D. cibdelus, D. darlingtonl and D. ignotus). One species, D. cirrosus, is known also from Terengganu and Johor, West Malaysia.^[3]

Dacetinops
Dacetinops cirrosus worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Dacetinops Brown & Wilson, 1957
Type species
Dacetinops cibdelus Brown & Wilson, 1957
Diversity[1]
7 species

The genus was first described with the type species D. cibdelus by Brown & Wilson (1957), based on workers, dealate queens and larvae collected by Wilson near Lae, Papua New Guinea. Ants of the genus had previously been collected 50 years earlier in the Astrolabe Bay area, Papua New Guinea, but the specimen were placed unsorted in the collections of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, where they remained until recognized by Taylor (1985).^[3]

Species

• Dacetinops cibdelus Brown & Wilson, 1957
• Dacetinops cirrosus Taylor, 1985
• Dacetinops concinnus Taylor, 1965
• Dacetinops darlingtoni Taylor, 1985
• Dacetinops ignotus Taylor, 1985
• Dacetinops solivagus Taylor, 1985
• Dacetinops wilsoni Taylor, 1985