Daceton

Daceton is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.^[2] The genus contains only two species: D. armigerum, the most studied species, distributed throughout northern South America,^[3] and D. boltoni, known from Brazil and Peru.^[4]

Trap-jawed ants: Strumigenys, Daceton, Odontomachus, Anochetus, Myrmoteras

Daceton
D. armigerum worker from Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Daceton Perty, 1833
Type species
Formica armigera Latreille, 1802
Diversity[1]
2 species
Synonyms
Dacetum Agassiz, 1846

Species

• Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)
• Daceton boltoni Azorsa & Sosa-Calvo, 2008