''Microdaceton'' is an African
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s in the
subfamily
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Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a subfamily
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.
The genus consists of four species restricted to the
Afrotropics
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
. They nest in the
leaf litter
Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall, or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that has fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constituen ...
and seems to be fairly common. However, little is known about their biology.
Species
* ''
Microdaceton exornatum''
Santschi, 1913
* ''
Microdaceton tanyspinosum''
Bolton, 2000
* ''
Microdaceton tibialis''
Weber, 1952
* ''
Microdaceton viriosum''
Bolton, 2000
References
External links
*
Myrmicinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Africa
Taxa named by Felix Santschi
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