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Eciton jansoni
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Eciton |
| Species: | E. jansoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Eciton jansoni Forel, 1912
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 12.083° to 12.083°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua (type locality), Panama.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Male (alate). Specimen code casent0249458. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection. |
     
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| Syntype of Eciton jansoni. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0905941. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- jansoni. Eciton jansoni Forel, 1912c: 42 (m.) NICARAGUA.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Nicaragua: Chontales (Janson).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 270 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 102; Watkins, 1976: 10 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 185; Palacio, 1999: 152 (in key); Palacio, 2019: 601.
- Senior synonym of velutatus: Borgmeier, 1953: 11; Borgmeier, 1955: 270; Kempf, 1972a: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 185.
- Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama.
- velutatus. Eciton (Eciton) velutatus Menozzi, 1926d: 30, fig. 1 (m.) COSTA RICA.
- Type-material: 18 syntype males.
- Type-locality: Costa Rica: Orosi (Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
- Type-depositories: IEUB, NHMB.
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1939: 407.
- Junior synonym of jansoni: Borgmeier, 1953: 11; Borgmeier, 1955: 270; Kempf, 1972a: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 186.
Description
References
- Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 11, Senior synonym of velutatus)
- Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 270, see also)
- Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
- Forel, A. 1912d. Formicides néotropiques. Part I. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 28-49 (page 42, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borgmeier T. 1939. Nova contribuição para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicas (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 10: 403-428.
- Borgmeier T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2: 1-51.
- Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Forel A. 1912. Formicides néotropiques. Part I. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 56: 28-49.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Maes, J.-M. and W.P. MacKay. 1993. Catalogo de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 23.
- Menozzi C. 1926. Due nuove specie di Eciton Latr. (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Folia Myrmecologica et Termitologica. 1: 29-32.
- Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp