- Eciton hamatum
Taxobox | name = "Eciton hamatum"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Hymenoptera
familia =Formicidae
subfamilia =Ecitoninae
tribus =Ecitonini
genus = "Eciton "
species = "E. hamatum"
binomial = "Eciton hamatum"
binomial_authority = Fabricius, 1782"Eciton hamatum" is a
species ofarmy ant in thesubfamily Ecitoninae , present fromMexico to centralBrazil andBolivia . This species differs from many others in that it does not fan out into the underbrush when foraging. Rather, it forages in columns, often in trees and preying exclusively on thelarva e of othersocial insect s. Prey are often broods of vespid wasps and ants of genera "Dolichoderus " and "Camponotus ", suggesting that "E. hamatum" is mainly anarboreal forager.References
* cite web
last = Longino
first = John T.
title = Formicidae: Eciton hamatum
publisher =The Evergreen State College
date = 2005-07-16
url = http://www.evergreen.edu/Ants/Genera/eciton/species/hamatum/hamatum.html#top
accessdate = 2007-02-09External links
*" [http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/49/3/139.pdf The Finding of the Queen of the Army Ant Eciton Hamatum Fabricius] "
=External*" [http://people.bu.edu/karitr/Eciton%20hamatum.html Eciton hamatum] "
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