Eciton mattogrossensis

Eciton mattogrossensis Luederwaldt, 1920 junior synonym of current valid taxon Eciton hamatum (Fabricius, 1782)

Eciton (Eciton) hamatum var. mattogrossensis Luederwaldt, 1920b: 4 (w.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 7 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso, Luiz de Cáceres (E. Garbe). Primary type depositories: MZSP, NHMB. Primary type specimens: MZSP0082277, MZSP0082278. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 68, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 2 syntype minor workers in MZSP.

Santschi, 1925d: 221 (s.m.); Reichensperger, 1926: 401 (q.)
Subspecies of Eciton hamatum: Borgmeier, 1923: 38.
Status as species: Santschi, 1925d: 221.
Junior synonym of Eciton hamatum: Borgmeier, 1953: 10; Borgmeier, 1955: 214; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 185.

Obsolete combinations

Eciton hamatum mattogrossensis

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. 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. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2:1-51. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Luederwaldt, H. 1920b. Neue Brasilianische Ameisen. São Paulo: Weiszflog Irmãos, 14 pp. PDF
Reichensperger, A. 1926. Das Weibchen von Eciton mattogrossensis Luederw. (Hym.). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 15:401-404. PDF
Santschi, F. 1925d. Nouveaux Formicides brésiliens et autres. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 65:221-247. PDF
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF