Eciton mexicanum latidens

Eciton mexicanum latidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Eciton
Species:	E. mexicanum
Subspecies:	E. mexicanum latidens
Trinomial name
Eciton mexicanum latidens Santschi, 1911

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: French Guiana (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.

• latidens. Eciton latidens Santschi, 1911h: 113, fig. b (m.) FRENCH GUIANA.
  • Type-material: holotype male (head missing).
  • Type-locality: French Guiana (“Guyane”): St Laurent du Maroni (Le Moult).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1920d: 362; Santschi, 1923g: 1259; Borgmeier, 1953: 13.
  • Subspecies of mexicanum: Borgmeier, 1955: 259 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 185.
  • Distribution: Brazil, French Guiana.

References

• Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 250, Subspecies of mexicanum)
• Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
• Santschi, F. 1911h. Une nouvelle espèce d'Eciton. Berl. Entomol. Z. 56: 113 (page 113, fig. b male described)