Odontomachus yucatecus

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus haematodus group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Belize, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus yucatecus Brown, 1976a: 169 (w.) MEXICO (Campeche, Yucatan, Veracruz), GUATEMALA, BELIZE.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 10 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Campeche, 10 km. E Campeche, no. 132, stray (E.O. Wilson); paratypes: 4 workers with same data, 1 worker Mexico: Yucatan, nr mouth of second cave on San Roque Road, Oxkutzcab (A.S. Pearse), 2 workers Mexico: Veracruz, Pueblo Nuevo, nr Tezonapa, no. 250, degraded tropical evergreen forest (E.O. Wilson), 1 worker Guatemala: Antigua (W.M. Wheeler), 1 worker Guatemala: Escuintla (W.M. Wheeler), 1 worker Belize: Belmopan, second growth Cecropia-palm forest litter berlesate (S. & J. Peck).
 * Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); MCZC, MZSP (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 363; Bolton, 1995b: 298; Rodriguez, J. 2008: 170; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 262; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 539.
 * Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
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