Odontomachus scalptus

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

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus scalptus Brown, 1978b: 281 (w.) ECUADOR, SURINAME, GUYANA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 4 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Ecuador: Napo Prov., 20 km. S Tena, 11.vii.1976, no. B-360, litter berlesate, rainforest; paratypes: 1 worker with same data, 2 workers Suriname: “Sectie O”, 15.vii.1942, forest floor (D.C. Geijskes), 1 worker Suriname: Oronoque River, 2°41’\n, 25.vii.1936, no. 594 (N.A. Weber).
 * Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); MCZC, USNM (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 363; Bolton, 1995b: 297; Rodriguez, J. 2008: 169; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 539.
 * Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1978. A supplement to the world revision of Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 84: 281-285.
 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1978. A supplement to the world revision of Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 84: 281-285.
 * Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. Mackay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
 * Fernández F., and T. M. Arias-Penna. 2008. Las hormigas cazadoras en la región Neotropical. Pp. 3-39 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
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