Odontomachus ruginodis

Distribution
This taxon was described from Bahamas. It is also found in Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, United States, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bermuda and Barbados.

Puerto Rico
Wheeler (1908): ...found only in open, sunny places in the sandy soil of river bottoms. It is smaller than ..Odontomachus haematodus.., has a paler head, and the petiole is less acuminate above, with a shorter spine.

Nomenclature

 *  ruginodis. Odontomachus haematodus var. ruginodis Smith, M.R. 1937: 828 (w.q.) BAHAMAS. [First available use of Odontomachus haematodes subsp. insularis var. ruginodis Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 82; unavailable name.] Deyrup, Trager & Carlin, 1985: 192 (m.). Raised to species: Wilson, 1964b: 4. Junior synonym of brunneus: Brown, 1976a: 103. Revived from synonymy: Deyrup, Trager & Carlin, 1985: 192.

Additional References

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