Eciton drepanophorum

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

Castes

 * Worker

Nomenclature

 * . Eciton drepanophorum Smith, F. 1858b: 149 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Ega (= Tefé, Amazonas) (Bates).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Junior synonym of hamatum: Mayr, 1886b: 117; Dalla Torre, 1893: 3; Forel, 1899c: 23; Emery, 1910b: 21; Borgmeier, 1923: 38.
 * Subspecies of hamatum: Santschi, 1921g: 89.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 409; Roger, 1863b: 36; Mayr, 1865: 77 (in key); Borgmeier, 1936: 52; Borgmeier, 1953: 9, 13; Borgmeier, 1955: 223 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 102; Watkins, 1976: 10 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 184; Palacio, 1999: 152 (in key); Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 109; Palacio, 2019: 600.
 * Senior synonym of bellicosum: Borgmeier, 1936: 52; Borgmeier, 1953: 16; Borgmeier, 1955: 223; Kempf, 1972a: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
 * Senior synonym of ferox: Borgmeier, 1953: 13, 16; Borgmeier, 1955: 223; Kempf, 1972a: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
 * Senior synonym of quitensis: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 223; Kempf, 1972a: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
 * Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname.
 * bellicosum. Eciton bellicosum Santschi, 1921g: 90 (s.w.) FRENCH GUIANA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: French Guiana: Saint-Jean du Maroni, 1914 (R. Benoist).
 * Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
 * Junior synonym of drepanophorum: Borgmeier, 1936: 52; Borgmeier, 1953: 16; Borgmeier, 1955: 223; Kempf, 1972a: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
 * ferox. Eciton ferox Santschi, 1920e: 122 (s.w.) BOLIVIA.
 * Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Bolivia: Rio Ivari (C. Lizer & L. Delétang).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * [Also described as new by Santschi, 1921g: 89.]
 * Junior synonym of drepanophorum: Borgmeier, 1953: 13, 16; Borgmeier, 1955: 223; Kempf, 1972a: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
 * quitensis. Eciton hamatum var. quitensis Forel, 1921b: 135 (s.w.) ECUADOR.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Ecuador: nr Quito (E. Naumann).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Junior synonym of drepanophorum: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 223; Kempf, 1972a: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 185.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Borgmeier T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2: 1-51.
 * Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
 * Fernández F., and E. E. Palacio. 1995. Hormigas de Colombia IV: nuevos registros de géneros y especies. Caldasia 17: 587-596.
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Forel A. 1921. Quelques fourmis des environs de Quito (Ecuador) récoltées par Mlle Eléonore Naumann. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54: 131-135.
 * Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Kusnezov N. 1953. La fauna mirmecológica de Bolivia. Folia Universitaria. Cochabamba 6: 211-229.
 * Santschi F. 1920. Quelques nouvelles fourmis de Bolivie (expédition Lizer-Delétang, 1917). Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 89: 122-126.
 * Santschi F. 1921. Ponerinae, Dorylinae et quelques autres formicides néotropiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54: 81-103.
 * Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp