Ectatomma muticum

This species attended extrafloral nectaries of the plant Turnera subulata in northeastern Brazil Caatinga vegetation.  Ectatomma muticum was classified as a subordinate species and was infrequently observed. (Passos and Leal 2019)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma muticum Mayr, 1870b: 962 (w.) BRAZIL (Ceará).
 * Type-material: syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Ceará (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Almeida, 1986: 26 (m.); Almeida, 1987: 176 (q.).
 * Combination in Ectatomma (Ectatomma): Mayr, 1887: 539.
 * Junior synonym of edentatum: Gallardo, 1918b: 36.
 * Subspecies of edentatum: Forel, 1912c: 31; Borgmeier, 1923: 57.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1887: 541; Dalla Torre, 1893: 25; Forel, 1895b: 112; Emery, 1911d: 43; Brown, 1958g: 208, 298; Kempf, 1972a: 105; Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982: 6 (in key); Almeida: 1986: 26; Almeida: 1987: 176; Brandão, 1991: 341; Bolton, 1995b: 187; Feitosa, 2015c: 97.
 * Senior synonym of lobulifera: Brown, 1958g: 208; Kempf, 1972a: 105; Almeida, 1986: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 187.
 * Distribution: Brazil.
 * lobulifera. Ectatomma muticum var. lobulifera Forel, 1909a: 254 (w.) BRAZIL (Ceará).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Ceará (Diaz da Rocha).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Subspecies of muticum: Forel, 1911c: 286; Emery, 1911d: 43.
 * Subspecies of edentatum: Forel, 1912c: 31; Borgmeier, 1923: 57.
 * Junior synonym of muticum: Brown, 1958g: 208; Kempf, 1972a: 105; Almeida, 1986: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 187.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 118: 173-362.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
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