# Eciton vagans

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Species of ant

Eciton vagans Eciton vagans worker Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Genus: Eciton Species: E. vagans Binomial name Eciton vagans Olivier, 1792 Subspecies[1] Eciton vagans allognathum Eciton vagans angustatum Eciton vagans dispar Eciton vagans dubitatum Eciton vagans fur Eciton vagans mutatum Eciton vagans vagans

***Eciton vagans*** is a [species](/source/Species) of [New World](/source/New_World) [army ant](/source/Army_ant) in the genus *[Eciton](/source/Eciton)*. It occurs in [dry](/source/Dry_forest) and [wet](/source/Tropical_wet_forest) forest [habitats](/source/Habitat), occupying a range extending from Mexico to throughout Costa Rica and possibly Panama and Colombia. Raids are always in columns and are distinguished in being usually [nocturnal](/source/Nocturnal); preferred [prey](/source/Prey) commonly include other ants.[2] It is closely related to the *[Eciton burchellii](/source/Eciton_burchellii)* species.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["*Eciton vagans*"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=575298). [Integrated Taxonomic Information System](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System). Retrieved 15 April 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Evergreen_State_College_2-0)** Longino, John T. (16 July 2005). ["Formicidae: *Eciton angustatum*"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060923180042/http://www.evergreen.edu/ants/Genera/eciton/species/angustatum/angustatum.html). [The Evergreen State College](/source/The_Evergreen_State_College). Archived from [the original](http://www.evergreen.edu/Ants/Genera/eciton/species/angustatum/angustatum.html) on 23 September 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2007.

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Taxon identifiers Eciton vagans Wikidata: Q3011928 Wikispecies: Eciton vagans BOLD: 31362 CoL: 38N2C EoL: 398630 GBIF: 1319414 iNaturalist: 300419 Insecta.pro: 126126 IRMNG: 10458490 ITIS: 575298 NCBI: 232171 Open Tree of Life: 161681 Plazi: B0075D93-A60A-888E-5622-C0C6B1D40D21

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