Odontomachus meinerti

De la Mora et al. (2016) found this species nesting in logs found in coffee farms in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico. A small percentage of pupae were found to be parasitized by eucharitid wasps.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Biology
Lange et al. (2015) - This species was found in semideciduous mesophytic forest pitfall-trap samples. The study examined the ant community within a patch (11.2 hectares) of forest in an urban park (Araguari, Brazil).

Nomenclature

 *  meinerti. Odontomachus haematodes r. meinerti Forel, 1905b: 156 (w.) VENEZUELA. Raised to species: Bolton, 1995b: 296. Synonym of minuta: Brown, 1976a: 104. [Brown gives minuta as senior name but meinerti has priority and is the first available name for this taxon: Bolton, 1995b: 296.]
 * minuta. Odontomachus haematoda subsp. minuta Luederwaldt, 1918: 36 (w.) BRAZIL. [First available use of Odontomachus haematodes subsp. pubescens var. minuta Emery, 1894c: 146; unavailable name.] Raised to species: Kempf, 1972a: 172. Senior synonym of dulcis, meinerti: Brown, 1976a: 104. [Brown gives minuta as senior name, but meinerti has priority: Bolton, 1995b: 296.]
 * dulcis. Odontomachus haematoda subsp. dulcis Mann, 1922: 18 (w.) HONDURAS. Junior synonym of minuta: Brown, 1976a: 104.

Larva
Described by Fox et al. (2017).