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Treat's Collared Ant

Aphaenogaster treatae

Classification

Class
Insecta

Mary Lua Adelia Treat (née Davis; September 7, 1830 – April 11, 1923) was an American naturalist, writer, and correspondent of Charles Darwin. Treat's contributions to both botany and entomology were extensive. She discovered five species of plants and animals that were named for her, including an amaryllis called Zephyranthes treatae, an oak gall wasp species called Belonocnema treatae, and three ant species - Aphaenogaster mariae, Aphaenogaster treatae, and Dolichoderus mariae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 120Canada · 3