Eciton burchellii cupiens

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname.

Castes

 * Worker

Nomenclature

 * . Eciton burchelli st. cupiens Santschi, 1923c: 249 (m.) FRENCH GUIANA.
 * Type-material: 3 syntype males.
 * Type-localities: French Guiana: 1 male Roches des Kourou (Le Moult), 2 males St-Jean du Maroni (Le Moult).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Wheeler, W.M. 1921d: 293 (s.w.q.).
 * [Note: Wheeler, W.M. 1921d: 293 described s.w.q. as burchellii, misidentification; these specimens transferred to cupiens by Borgmeier, 1955: 178.]
 * Subspecies of burchellii: Borgmeier, 1955: 190 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 101; Kempf, 1975c: 373; Brandão, 1991: 341; Bolton, 1995b: 184; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 109.
 * Senior synonym of jeanae: Borgmeier, 1955: 178; Kempf, 1972a: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
 * Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.
 * jeanae. Eciton burchelli subsp. jeanae Weber, 1941c: 329 (in text) (s.w.q.) GUYANA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Guyana (“British Guiana”): nr where Oronque River joins New River, ca 2°42’N, 21.vii.1936 (N.A. Weber).
 * Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC.
 * Weber, 1943a: 89 (q.).
 * Junior synonym of cupiens: Borgmeier, 1955: 178; Kempf, 1972a: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 185.