Labidus coecus is a species of army ant in the family Formicidae found in Central and South America.[1][2][3][4] It has been witnessed predating upon Podocnemis turtles.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Labidus |
| Species: | L. coecus
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| Binomial name | |
| Labidus coecus (Latreille, 1802)
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References
edit- ^ "Labidus coecus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Labidus coecus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Labidus coecus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ da Costa Reis, M.; Reintjes, J. M.; Chen, D.; O’Donnell, S. (August 2021). "Predation on nests of three species of Amazon River turtles (Podocnemis) by underground-foraging army ants (Labidus coecus)". Insectes Sociaux. 68 (2–3): 277–281. doi:10.1007/s00040-021-00814-8.
Further reading
edit- Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World" (PDF). unpublished communication. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links
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