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Eciton mexicanum moralum
| Eciton mexicanum moralum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Eciton |
| Species: | E. mexicanum |
| Subspecies: | E. mexicanum moralum |
| Trinomial name | |
| Eciton mexicanum moralum Santschi, 1923 | |
Identification
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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- moralum. Eciton (Eciton) latidens var. moralus Santschi, 1923g: 1259 (m.) FRENCH GUIANA.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: French Guiana: St Laurent du Maroni (Le Moult).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [Misspelled as morulum by Borgmeier, 1955: 250, Kempf, 1972a: 103.]
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1953: 13.
- Subspecies of mexicanum: Borgmeier, 1955: 260 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 185.
- Distribution: French Guiana.
Description
References
- Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 13, Raised to species)
- 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. 1923g. Descriptions de quelques nouvelles fourmis du Brésil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 1 13: 1255-1264 (page 1259, male described)