Odontomachus relictus

Identification
Deyrup and Trager (1985) - Worker: gaster sparsely covered with fine appressed hairs, separated by at least 1/4 their length: striations of pronotum transverse posteriorly; petiolar node slightly rugose basally on sides, smooth in back; inner side of hind femur at base virtually glabrous; color reddish brown, gaster black. Specimens examined from two sites in Chihuahua and two sites in Texas differ from Florida specimens in having much larger dorsal punctures along the inner edge of the mandible, and the petiolar spine relatively short and blunt. Male (Florida): each ocellus wider than the ocelio-ocular space, ocelli on a conspicuous turret; petiole smooth; head and body entirely brown.

Distribution
This taxon was described from U.S.A.

Biology
In Florida Deyrup and Trager (1985) found that clarus (= insularis in Florida) occurred in well drained sites such as sandhill and sand pine scrub. Flights of males occurred in the summer and fall, suggesting males were produced over many months.

Nomenclature

 *  relictus. Odontomachus relictus Deyrup & Cover, 2004b: 137, figs. 1, 2A (w.q.m.) U.S.A.