Ectatomma lugens

This species was found in semideciduous mesophytic forest pitfall-trap samples. The study (Lange et al. 2015) examined the ant community within a patch (11.2 hectares) of forest in an urban park (Araguari, Brazil).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname.

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma opaciventre var. lugens Emery, 1894c: 144 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Pará (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Almeida, 1987: 177 (q.).
 * Subspecies of opaciventre: Forel, 1895b: 142.
 * Subspecies of strigosum: Forel, 1909a: 265; Emery, 1911d: 43; Wheeler, W.M. 1916c: 2; Borgmeier, 1923: 58.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 208; Kempf, 1961b: 490; Kempf, 1972a: 104; Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982: 6 (in key); Almeida: 1987: 177; Brandão, 1991: 341; Fernández, 1991: 554 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 187; Arias-Penna, 2008b: 63; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 110; Feitosa, 2015c: 97; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 665; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.
 * Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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