Eciton lucanoides

Eciton lucanoides Emery, 1894 valid

Eciton lucanoides Emery, 1894d: 176, pl. 2, fig. 1 (s.) PERU. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype major workers. Primary type locality: Peru: Cumbase (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MSNG. Type notes: 1) MZSP houses 1 worker from the type series.

Combination in Eciton (Eciton): Emery, 1910b: 21.
Status as species: Emery, 1900e: 186; Emery, 1910b: 21; Mann, 1916: 420; Borgmeier, 1923: 38; Borgmeier, 1936b: 52; Borgmeier, 1955: 262 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 102; Watkins, 1976: 9 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 185; Palacio, 1999: 152 (in key); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 109; Palacio, 2019: 601.

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

E. l. conquistador Weber, 1949

Citations

Bezděčková, K.; Bezděčka, P.; Machar, I. 2015. A checklist of the ants of Peru. Zootaxa 4020:101-133. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
Borgmeier, T. 1936b. Sobre algumas formigas dos generos Eciton e Cheliomyrmex (Hym. Formicidae). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3:51-68. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. PDF
Emery, C. 1894d. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. VI-XVI. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 26:137-241. PDF
Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)8:173-188 [pagination of separate: 511-526]. PDF
Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102:1-34. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Mann, W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:399-490. PDF
Palacio, E. 1999. Hormigas legionarias (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae) de Colombia. Pp. 117-189 in: Amat-G., G.; Andrade-C., M. G.; Fernández, F. (eds.) 1999. Insectos de Colombia. Volumen II. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 433 pp.
Palacio, E. E. 2019. Subfamilia Dorylinae. Capítulo 19. Pp. 571-630 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
Watkins, J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp. PDF

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

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