A new social parasite in the ant genus Ectatomma F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ectatomminae).

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Feitosa, R. M., Hora, R. R., Delabie, J. H. C. (2008): A new social parasite in the ant genus Ectatomma F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ectatomminae). Zootaxa 1713: 47-52, URL: http://hol.osu.edu/reference-full.html?id=21396AbstractEctatomma parasiticum Feitosa & Fresneau, a new ant species socially parasitic on Ectatomma tuberculatum (Olivier), is described from gynes discovered in Apazapan, state of Veracruz, Mexico, and reared in the laboratory. Ectatomma parasiticum is the first social parasite described in the Ectatomminae. This species can be distinguished from its host by morphological and behavioral features characteristic of the inquilines known in other ant subfamilies including reduced size, thickened petiole, and agonistic interactions with host species.Key words: Ectatomminae, Ectatomma tuberculatum, Social parasitism, Taxonomy, Mexico