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Eciton

genus of insects
Taxon Taxon Q1932529

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5]
Parent taxon
Ecitonini[3]
Taxon name
Eciton[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Eciton ar خيفود el εκίτων el εκίτωνας el Eciton ja グンタイアリ属 ru Эцитоны zh 游蚁属
🔖 Identifiers · 20
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Eciton burchellii.JPG ↗
ADW taxon ID
Eciton
AntWiki article ID
Eciton
BOLD Systems taxon ID
7657
Catalogue of Life ID
49RK
Encyclopedia of Life ID
32655
Freebase ID
/m/0287p6x
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
1319393
INaturalist taxon ID
126834
IRMNG ID
1208953
ITIS TSN
573943
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
120918
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J9U entity ID
987007543937105171
KBpedia ID
Eciton
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778159257
NCBI taxonomy ID
213865
Open Tree of Life ID
912685
Plazi ID
7BB4368C-7786-245C-4FA3-91E167DD46FF, 5B04A969-B099-6F74-77D6-F185B40CE01F, FAD787C4-ABE7-D661-7173-0BBE5B7859EF
Topic's main category
Category:Eciton
UMLS CUI
C1227471

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 12
Eciton burchellii, Eciton hamatum, Eciton drepanophorum, Eciton mexicanum, Eciton vagans, Eciton dulcium, Eciton jansoni, Eciton rapax +4 more
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Ecitonini
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Eciton
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Eciton
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Summary

Eciton is a taxon[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Ecitonini
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007543937105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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