''Dacetinops'' is a
genus of
ants in the
subfamily
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Myrmicinae
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.
Its seven species are known from
Borneo (''D. cirrosus'', ''D. concinnus'', ''D. solivagus'' and ''D. wilsoni''), and
Papua New Guinea (''D. cibdelus'', ''D. darlingtonl'' and ''D. ignotus''). One species, ''D. cirrosus'', is known also from
Terengganu and
Johor,
West Malaysia.
The genus was first described with the
type species ''D. cibdelus'' by Brown & Wilson (1957), based on workers,
dealate queens and larvae collected by
Wilson
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near
Lae,
Papua New Guinea. Ants of the genus had previously been collected 50 years earlier in the
Astrolabe Bay area, Papua New Guinea, but the specimen were placed unsorted in the collections of the
Hungarian Natural History Museum, where they remained until recognized by Taylor (1985).
Species
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Dacetinops cibdelus''
Brown & Wilson, 1957
*''
Dacetinops cirrosus''
Taylor, 1985
*''
Dacetinops concinnus''
Taylor, 1965
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Dacetinops darlingtoni''
Taylor, 1985
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Dacetinops ignotus''
Taylor, 1985
*''
Dacetinops solivagus''
Taylor, 1985
*''
Dacetinops wilsoni''
Taylor, 1985
References
External links
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Myrmicinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
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