Eciton mexicanum

Taxobox | name = "Eciton mexicanum"


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status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Formicidae
subfamilia = Ecitoninae
tribus = Ecitonini
genus = "Eciton"
species = "E. mexicanum"
binomial = "Eciton mexicanum"
binomial_authority = Roger, 1863
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies [ITIS|ID=575293|taxon="Eciton mexicanum"|year=2007|date=15 April]
subdivision = "Eciton mexicanum argentinum" "Eciton mexicanum goianum" "Eciton mexicanum latidens" "Eciton mexicanum mexicanum" "Eciton mexicanum moralum" "Eciton mexicanum panamense"

"Eciton mexicanum" is a species of New World army ant in the genus "Eciton". Present from Mexico to throughout Costa Rica and northern Argentina, it is found in dry and wet forests in sea level to montane areas. Raids always occur in columns, tending to be usually nocturnal but are sometimes also encountered during the day.

References

* cite web
last = Longino
first = John T.
title = Formicidae: "Eciton mexicanum"
publisher = The Evergreen State College
date = 2005-07-16
url = http://www.evergreen.edu/ants/Genera/eciton/species/mexicanum/mexicanum.html

=External

* [http://www.armyants.org/armyants/genusfigures/eciton/mexicanum/ecitonmexicanum.html New World Army Ants - "Eciton mexicanum"]