Eciton vagans

Taxobox | name = "Eciton vagans"


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status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Formicidae
subfamilia = Ecitoninae
tribus = Ecitonini
genus = "Eciton"
species = "E. vagans"
binomial = "Eciton vagans"
binomial_authority = Olivier, 1792
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies [ITIS|ID=575298|taxon="Eciton vagans"|year=2007|date=15 April]
subdivision = "Eciton vagans allognathum" "Eciton vagans angustatum" "Eciton vagans dispar" "Eciton vagans dubitatum" "Eciton vagans fur" "Eciton vagans mutatum" "Eciton vagans vagans"

"Eciton vagans" is a species of New World army ant in the genus "Eciton". It occurs in dry and wet forest habitats, occupying a range extending from Mexico to throughout Costa Rica and possibly Panama and Colombia. Raids are always in columns and are distinguished in being usually nocturnal; preferred prey commonly include other ants.

References

* cite web
last = Longino
first = John T.
title = Formicidae: "Eciton angustatum"
publisher = The Evergreen State College
date = 2005-07-16
url = http://www.evergreen.edu/Ants/Genera/eciton/species/angustatum/angustatum.html
* cite journal
last = Wheeler
first = W. M.
title = The Male of "Eciton vagans" Olivier
journal = Psyche
volume = 19
pages = 206–207
publisher = Cambridge Entomological Club
date = December 1912
url = http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/19/19-206.pdf
doi =
id =

=External

* [http://people.bu.edu/karitr/Eciton%20vagans.html "Eciton vagans"]