Labidus curvipes

By a process of elimination and geographic correspondence, Labidus curvipes, a species known only from males, must be the male of Labidus spininodis (Jack Longino).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Ecuador.

Nomenclature

 * . Eciton curvipes Emery, 1900a: 180 (m.) COSTA RICA.
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: Costa Rica: Chirripó, v.1896, Anastasio Alfaro (A. Brade).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Combination in E. (Labidus): Emery, 1910b: 23;
 * combination in Labidus: Borgmeier, 1953: 6.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 23; Forel, 1912c: 43; Borgmeier, 1955: 133 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 127; Watkins, 1976: 8 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 219; Palacio, 1999: 154 (in key); Palacio, 2019: 607.
 * Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
 * Emery C. 1900. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)8: 173-188
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Forel A. 1912. Formicides néotropiques. Part I. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 56: 28-49.
 * INBio Collection (via Gbif)
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp