Odontomachus bauri

Distribution
This taxon was described from Ecuador. It is also found in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Paraguay, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 * pubescens. Odontomachus haematodus var. pubescens Roger, 1861a: 25 (w.) VENEZUELA. Forel, 1909a: 252 (q.). Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 52. Subspecies of haematodus: Emery, 1890b: 44 (footnote); Emery, 1911d: 115. Junior synonym of bauri: Brown, 1976a: 102.
 * microcephalus. Odontomachus haematodes var. microcephalus Emery, 1890b: 45, pl. 5, fig. 1 (w.) COSTA RICA. [Also described as new by Emery, 1894k: 50.] Junior synonym of bauri: Brown, 1976a: 102.
 *  bauri. Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892d: 561 (diagnosis in key) (w.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is). Emery, 1893d: 90 (w.); Wheeler, W.M. 1919c: 267 (q.m.). Subspecies of haematodus: Emery, 1911d: 115. Revived status as species: Taylor & Wilson, 1962: 142. Senior synonym of microcephalus, notata, paucidens, pubescens, rugisquama, sericeus: Brown, 1976a: 102. See also: Brown, 1976a: 129.
 * paucidens. Odontomachus haematodus var. paucidens Emery, 1893d: 91 (footnote) (w.) HAITI. Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 151 (m.). Subspecies of haematodus: Wheeler, W.M. 1936b: 196. Junior synonym of bauri: Brown, 1976a: 102.
 * sericeus. Odontomachus sericeus Provancher, 1895: 97 (q.) TRINIDAD. Junior synonym of bauri: Brown, 1976a: 102.
 * rugisquama. Odontomachus haematodes var. rugisquama Forel, 1908b: 35 (w.) COSTA RICA. Forel, 1912c: 28 (q.). Junior synonym of bauri: Brown, 1976a: 102.
 * notata. Odontomachus haematoda var. notata Mann, 1920: 404 (w.) PUERTO RICO. Junior synonym of bauri: Brown, 1976a: 102.

Additional References
C. Sainz-Borgo, A. Cabrera & J. V. Hernández. 2011. Nestmate Recognition in the Ant Odontomachus bauri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 58: 701-718.