Eciton bellicosum

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Eciton bellicosum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Eciton drepanophorum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Eciton
Species: Eciton bellicosum
Santschi, 1921

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Eciton drepanophorum.

Nomenclature

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

  • bellicosum. Eciton bellicosum Santschi, 1921g: 90 (s.w.) FRENCH GUIANA. Junior synonym of drepanophorum: Borgmeier, 1936: 52.

References

  • Borgmeier, T. 1936b. Sobre algumas formigas dos generos Eciton e Cheliomyrmex (Hym. Formicidae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. (Rio J.) 3: 51-68 (page 52, Junior synonym of drepanophorum)
  • Santschi, F. 1921g. Ponerinae, Dorylinae et quelques autres formicides néotropiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 54: 81-103 (page 90, soldier, worker described)