''Microdaceton'' is an African
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
s in the
subfamily Myrmicinae.
The genus consists of four species restricted to the
Afrotropics. 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 have fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constituent ...
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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