Eciton is a New World army ant genus that contains the most familiar species of army ants. The most predominant and well-known species is Eciton burchellii, which is also more commonly known as the army ant and is considered the type species.
Eciton burchellii and Eciton hamatum are the most visible and best studied of the New World army ants because they forage above ground and during the day, in enormous raiding swarms. Their range stretches from southern Mexico to the northern part of Argentina.[3]
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^Pérez-Espona, Sílvia (22 March 2021). "Eciton Army Ants—Umbrella Species for Conservation in Neotropical Forests". Diversity. 13 (3): 136. doi:10.3390/d13030136.
Eciton burchellii is a species of New World army ant in the genus Eciton. This species performs expansive, organized swarm raids that give it the informal...
Eciton is a New World army ant genus that contains the most familiar species of army ants. The most predominant and well-known species is Eciton burchellii...
Nomamyrmex, Labidus, and Eciton. The largest genus is Neivamyrmex, which contains more than 120 species; the most predominant species is Eciton burchellii; its...
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...
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...
Eciton hamatum is a species of army ant in the subfamily Dorylinae; it is found from Mexico to central Brazil and Bolivia. The species differs from Eciton...
species with very large colony sizes…The species of Dorylus (Anomma) and Eciton where multiple queen mating has been documented (Kronauer 2004, 2006a, 2006b;...
help ants to undertake more efficient collective exploration. The army ant Eciton burchellii provides an example of using pheromones to mark and maintain...
the constructed bowers reflects the quality of the male bird. Army ants (Eciton hamatum) form "living bridges" to assist in transportation. Army ant colonies...
Kronauer whilst investigating the relationships between army ants of the genus Eciton and their diverse fauna of symbionts in Costa Rica. Alexey Tishechkin, together...
unharmed within ant nests, some beetles even marching with the aggressive Eciton burchellii army ants. The Jesuit priest Erich Wasmann, who discovered ant...
the first sign of threats. The army ants of South America, such as the Eciton burchellii species, and the driver ants of Africa do not build permanent...
are beneficial symbionts. Mites also parasitize some ant species, such as Eciton burchellii. Most larvae of Parasitengona are ectoparasites of arthropods...
only temporary nests (Dorylus) or form a bivouac with their own bodies (Eciton). Colonies of real army ants have only one queen, so when she dies, the...
his wife, Rettenmeyer identified 557 species of animals associated with Eciton burchellii, the greatest number of animals known to associate with any single...
exclusively other ants, while other ants like the infamous swarm-raiding Eciton burchellii eat more or less all arthropods in their paths, including any...
changes in terrestrial biotic distributions of both continents such as with Eciton army ants supports an earlier bridge or a series of bridges. Regardless...
the species most commonly attended by birds is the Neotropical species Eciton burchellii, which is both diurnal and surface-raiding. It was once thought...
America, from southern Mexico to Costa Rica. The species was first named Eciton sumichrasti by Edward Norton in 1868, in commemoration of Swiss-Mexican...
the species most commonly attended by birds is the Neotropical species Eciton burchellii, which is both diurnal and surface-raiding. It was once thought...
Argentina, and possibly Costa Rica. The species name ecitophilus means "Eciton-loving". Gerald W. Krantz & Norman I. Platnick (1995). "On Brucharachne...
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