Eciton burchellii

Distribution
This taxon was described from Brazil. It is also found in Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 *  burchellii. Labidus burchellii Westwood, 1842: 74, pl. 20, fig. 1 (m.) BRAZIL. Emery, 1896g: 39 (s.w.); Wheeler, W.M. 1921d: 304 (q.); Emery, 1899c: 6 (l.). Combination in Eciton: Emery, 1890b: 39. Current subspecies: nominal plus cupiens, foreli, parvispinum, urichi. See also: Borgmeier, 1939: 404; Borgmeier, 1955: 178; Wheeler, G.C. 1943: 328; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1974c: 169; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1984: 270.