Odontomachus chelifer

Distribution
This taxon was described from South America.

Nomenclature

 *  chelifer. Formica chelifera Latreille, 1802c: 188, pl. 8, fig. 51 (w.) SOUTH AMERICA (no locality given). Forel, 1909a: 252 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952c: 651 (l.). Combination in Odontomachus: Latreille, 1809: 128. Senior synonym of emacerata: Brown, 1976a: 103; of leptocephalus: Emery, 1911d: 114; of theresiae: Forel, 1899c: 19; Brown, 1976a: 103.
 * leptocephalus. Odontomachus chelifer var. leptocephalus Emery, 1890b: 45, pl. 5, fig. 2 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of chelifer: Emery, 1911d: 114.
 * theresiae. Odontomachus haematodes r. theresiae Forel, 1895a: 41 (w.) MEXICO. Emery, 1901a: 53 (m.). Subspecies of chelifer: Emery, 1901a: 53; Forel, 1912c: 28; Kempf, 1972a: 170. Junior synonym of chelifer: Forel, 1899c: 19; Brown, 1976a: 103.
 * emacerata. Odontomachus chelifer var. emacerata Santschi, 1922d: 243 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of chelifer: Brown, 1976a: 103.