Ectatomma tuberculatum

Ectatomma tuberculatum

"Ectatomma tuberculatum" is a Neotropical species of ant in the genus "Ectatomma". Common in the Neotropics, the species is found from Mexico to Argentina. It is a host to the related social parasite "Ectatomma parasiticum", the only known parasitic species in the subfamily Ectatomminae.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFormicidae
GenusEctatomma
SpeciesE. tuberculatum