Labidus mars

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Paraguay, Peru.

Nomenclature

 * . Eciton (Labidus) mars Forel, 1912c: 44 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Ceará).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Ceará (Diaz da Rocha).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, MSNG, NHMB.
 * [Eciton mars Forel, 1908e: 65. Nomen nudum.]
 * Combination in Labidus: Borgmeier, 1953: 8.
 * Status as species: Borgmeier, 1923: 43; Borgmeier, 1955: 121 (redescription); Kempf, 1969: 274; Kempf, 1972a: 127; Watkins, 1976: 8 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 220; Wild, 2007b: 25; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 226.
 * Senior synonym of nero: Nascimento, et al. 2004: 618.
 * Distribution: Brazil, Paraguay, Peru.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus denticulatus.
 * nero. Eciton (Labidus) coecum st. nero Santschi, 1930e: 82 (m.) BRAZIL (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype male (petiole + gaster missing).
 * Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data), 15.x.1928 (Reichensperger).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Combination in Labidus: Borgmeier, 1953: 14.
 * Subspecies of coecus: Borgmeier, 1936: 58.
 * Status as species: Borgmeier, 1953: 14; Borgmeier, 1955: 127 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 127; Watkins, 1976: 8 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 220.
 * Junior synonym of mars: Nascimento, et al. 2004: 618.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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