Neivamyrmex macrodentatus

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

Biology
Baudier et al. (2015) studied thermal tolerances of a variety of army ant workers. Neivamyrmex macrodentatus was one of two army ant species sampled that are strictly subterranean, i.e. both bivouac and raid underground.

Nomenclature

 *  macrodentatus. Eciton (Acamatus) macrodentatus Menozzi, 1931b: 260, fig. 1 (w.) COSTA RICA. Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 11. Material of the nomen nudum tristani referred here by Borgmeier, 1939: 414.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Longino J. T. L., and M. G. Branstetter. 2018. The truncated bell: an enigmatic but pervasive elevational diversity pattern in Middle American ants. Ecography 41: 1-12.
 * Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp