Definition of OEcodoma cephalotes. Meaning of OEcodoma cephalotes. Synonyms of OEcodoma cephalotes

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Definition of OEcodoma cephalotes

OEcodoma cephalotes
Sauba ant Sau"ba ant` (Zo["o]l.) A South American ant ([OE]codoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.

Meaning of OEcodoma cephalotes from wikipedia

- light. Atta bisphaerica Forel, 1908 Atta capiguara Gonçalves, 1944 Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758) Atta colombica Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Atta cubana Fontenla...
- Morton Wheeler designated A. cephalotes as the type species of Atta. It was also designated as the type species of Oecodoma, but the genus is now a synonym...
- mocquerysi Atopomyrmex mocquerysi Atta Fabricius 1804 17 Formica cephalotes Atta cephalotes †Attaichnus Laza 1982 1 None — Austromorium Shattuck 2009 2 Xiphomyrmex...