Ega Laporte, 1834
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Subgenus Ega Laporte, 1834
Ega Laporte, 1834: 93. Type species: Ega formicaria Laporte, 1834 by monotypy. Etymology. Uncertain, either from Ega (also spelled Aega), the mayor of the palace and regent of Neustria and Burgundy or from Ega the old name for the city and river port of Tefé in northwestern Brazil [feminine].
Aega Agassiz, 1846: 8, 134. Unjustified emendation of Ega Laporte, 1834.
Diversity.
Seventeen species in the temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (two species) and Neotropical (17 species) Regions.
Identification.
Horn (1881: 153) commented on the structural differences between the two species found in North America.
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Ega Laporte, 1834
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Ega formicaria
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