Eciton lucanoides conquistador

Eciton lucanoides conquistador
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Eciton
Species:	E. lucanoides
Subspecies:	E. lucanoides conquistador
Trinomial name
Eciton lucanoides conquistador Weber, 1949

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Panama (type locality).

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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• conquistador. Eciton (Eciton) conquistador Weber, 1949c: 3, figs. 1-7 (s.w.l.) PANAMA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Panama: area above confluence of Boqueron and Pequeni rivers, tributaries of the Chagres, 15.xii.1947 (T.C. Schneirla).
  • Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC.
  • Reichensperger, 1934: 240 (q.).
  • [Note: queen associated with conquistador by Borgmeier, 1955: 266; previously misidentified as lucanoides by Reichensperger, 1934: 240.]
  • Subspecies of lucanoides: Borgmeier, 1955: 264 (redescription); Borgmeier, 1958: 204; Kempf, 1972a: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
  • Distribution: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 264, Subspecies of lucanoides)
• Brückner, A., Hoenle, P.O., von Beeren, C. 2018. Comparative chemical analysis of army ant mandibular gland volatiles (Formicidae: Dorylinae). PeerJ 6, e5319 (doi:10.7717/peerj.5319).
• Reichensperger, A. 1934. Beitrag zur Kenntnis von Eciton lucanoides Em. Zool. Anz. 106: 240-245 (page 240, queen described)
• Weber, N. A. 1949d. A new Panama Eciton (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1441: 1-8 (page 3, figs. 1-7 soldier, worker, larva described)