Odontomachus affinis

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

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus affinis Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 423 (w.) BRAZIL (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data).
 * Type-depository: MNHN.
 * Roger, 1861a: 27 (q.).
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 77; Roger, 1861a: 27; Mayr, 1862: 711; Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863: 436; Mayr, 1865: 64; Emery, 1878a: ix (in list); Emery, 1892d: 560 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 49; Forel, 1895b: 118; Forel, 1899c: 19; Emery, 1911d: 113; Mann, 1916: 418; Crawley, 1916b: 377; Luederwaldt, 1918: 36; Borgmeier, 1923: 77; Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 3; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 156; Kempf, 1962b: 17 (in key); Kempf, 1972a: 170; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 59; Brown, 1976a: 102, 124; Bolton, 1995b: 294; Feitosa, 2015c: 99.
 * Distribution: Brazil.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1976. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Stud. Entomol. 19: 67-171.
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