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Labidus coecus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Labidus
Species:	L. coecus
Binomial name
Labidus coecus (Latreille, 1802)

Labidus coecus is a species of army ant in the family Formicidae found in Central and South America. It has been witnessed predating upon Podocnemis turtles.

References

1. "Labidus coecus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Labidus coecus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Labidus coecus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. 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

• Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World" (PDF). unpublished communication. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Media related to Labidus coecus at Wikimedia Commons

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