Odontomachus haematodus

Distribution
This taxon was described from ""America meridionali"". It is also found in United States, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Suriname, Paraguay, French Guiana, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Greater Antilles, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada.

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Puerto Rico
Wheeler (1908): Common, nesting under stones or logs or in untidy mound nests about the roots of trees, but only in shady places and rather rich soil.

Nomenclature

 *  haematodus. Formica haematoda Linnaeus, 1758: 582 (q.) "America meridionali". Emery, 1899c: 5 (l.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952c: 646 (l.). Combination in Odontomachus: Latreille, 1804: 179. Senior synonym of maxillosa: Retzius, 1783: 75; Olivier, 1792: 502; Latreille, 1802c: 192; of hirsutiusculus: Roger, 1863b: 22; Brown, 1976a: 104; of pallipes and material of the unavailable name bruneipes referred here: Brown, 1976a: 104.
 * maxillosa. Formica maxillosa De Geer, 1773: 601, pl. 31, figs. 3-5 (q.) SURINAM. Junior synonym of haematodus: Retzius, 1783: 75; Olivier, 1792: 502; Latreille, 1802c: 192.
 * hirsutiusculus. Odontomachus hirsutiusculus Smith, F. 1858b: 78 (w.) BRAZIL. Forel, 1909a: 252 (q.). Subspecies of insularis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 51; of haematodus: Roger, 1861a: 24; Forel, 1907e: 1; Wheeler, W.M. 1911a: 22. Junior synonym of haematodus: Roger, 1863b: 22; Brown, 1976a: 104.
 * pallipes. Odontomachus haematoda var. pallipes Crawley, 1916b: 368 (w.) GUYANA. Junior synonym of haematodus: Brown, 1976a: 104.

Odontomachus hirsutiusculus

Two syntype workers in. Both labelled, “Santarem. 54/63.” Acc. Reg.: “1854 no. 63 (Oct. 11) Brazil (Santarem on the Amazon). Purchased from Stevens. Collected by Mr Bates, Alta de Chai near Santarem.”

Additional References

 * Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 117-158.