Eciton setigaster

Eciton setigaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Eciton
Species:	E. setigaster
Binomial name
Eciton setigaster Borgmeier, 1953 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -10.8853° to -10.8853°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), Venezuela.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Castes

Male

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Images from AntWeb

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0249463. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.

Nomenclature

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

• setigaster. Eciton setigaster Borgmeier, 1953: 22 (m.) BRAZIL (Amazonas), PERU, BOLIVIA.
  • Type-material: holotype male, 6 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Amazonas, Trapiche, 14.iii.1931 (R.C. Shannon); paratypes: 2 males Peru: Tingo Maria, 700 m. (Weyrauch), 1 male Peru: Tingo Maria, Huanaco, 3.iv.1939 (Woytkowski), 1 male Bolivia: Chaparé, 400 m., 5.xii.1949 (Zischka), 2 males Bolivia: no. 11864 (no further data).
  • Type-depositories: USNM (holotype); CASC, MZSP (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 273 (redescription); Kempf, 1960e: 387; Kempf, 1972a: 103; Watkins, 1976: 10 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 186; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 110; Palacio, 2019: 601.
  • Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51. (page 22, male described)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 273, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bezdeckova K., P. Bedecka, and I. Machar. 2015. A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4020 (1): 101–133.
• 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.
• Escalante Gutiérrez J. A. 1993. Especies de hormigas conocidas del Perú (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Peruana de Entomología 34:1-13.
• Esteves F. A., C. R. F. Brandao, and L. P. Prado. 2011. The type specimens of Dorylomorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Aenictinae, Ecitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Leptanilloidinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 51(22): 341-397.
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Kempf W. W. 1960. Insecta Amapaensia. - Hymenoptera: Formicidae (segunda contribuição). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3: 385-400.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).