Daceton ^HNS Perty

Daceton ^HNS Perty, 1833: 136. Type-species: Formica armigera Latreille ^HNS, 1802: 244, by monotypy.

Dacetum ^HNS Agassiz, 1848: 332, unjustified emendation of Daceton ^HNS. [Synonymy by Brown, 1973: 179.]

A complete diagnosis of the genus is provided by Bolton (1999, 2000).