Odontomachus laticeps

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Odontomachus laticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontomachus
Species: O. laticeps
Binomial name
Odontomachus laticeps
Roger, 1861

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

A member of the Odontomachus haematodus group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.5679° to -34.603°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (type locality), Suriname.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Apocephalus atrimarginatus (a parasite) (Brown et al., 2015) (injured).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Apocephalus catholicus (a parasite) (Brown et al., 2015) (injured).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Apocephalus catholicus (a parasite) (phorid.net) (attacked).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Apocephalus comosus (a parasite) (Brown et al., 2015) (injured).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Megaselia sp. (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Megaselia sp. (a parasite) (Brown et al., 2015) (injured).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Myriophora sp. (a parasite) (Brown et al., 2015) (injured).
  • This species is a host for the eucharitid wasp Kapala sp. (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (multiple encounter modes; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Odontomachus haematodus striativentrisWorker. Specimen code casent0904008. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • laticeps. Odontomachus haematodus var. laticeps Roger, 1861a: 25 (in text) (w.) MEXICO (Veracruz).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Mexico: Veracruz, Córdoba (M. Sallé).
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • Subspecies of haematodus: Emery, 1890b: 44; Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 50 (footnote), 51; Emery, 1894k: 50; Forel, 1899c: 21; Forel, 1911e: 251; Emery, 1911d: 115; Crawley, 1916b: 367; Mann, 1916: 419; Mann, 1922: 18; Borgmeier, 1923: 79; Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 10; Menozzi, 1931b: 267.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 51; Kempf, 1970b: 328; Kempf, 1972a: 172; Brown, 1976a: 104, 154; Brown, 1978b: 284; Brandão, 1991: 363; Bolton, 1995b: 296; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 262; Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 228.
    • Senior synonym of striativentris: Brown, 1976a: 104; Brandão, 1991: 364; Bolton, 1995b: 296.
    • Distribution: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru.
  • striativentris. Odontomachus haematodes r. striativentris Emery, 1890b: 44 (w.) COSTA RICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Costa Rica: Jiménez, 1889 (A. Alfaro).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [Also described as new by Emery, 1894k: 50.]
    • Subspecies of haematodus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 50 (footnote), 52; Forel, 1899c: 21; Forel, 1908b: 35; Emery, 1911d: 115; Mann, 1922: 18.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 52; Kempf, 1970b: 329; Kempf, 1972a: 172.
    • Junior synonym of laticeps: Brown, 1976a: 104; Brandão, 1991: 364; Bolton, 1995b: 297.

Description

References

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