Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of
Borgmeier, 1955: 211). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Pará, Belém (
H.W. Bates). Primary type depository:
BMNH.
Type notes:
1)
Smith, 1855c originally also included minor workers in his type-series, from Brazil: Santarem (
H.W. Bates); these were excluded from the type-series by
Borgmeier, 1955: 211, who identified them as
Eciton burchellii. 2) In the figure legends of
Smith, 1855c: 169, pl. 13, the name
Eciton rapax is misspelled as
Eciton raptor; an incorrect subsequent spelling that does not enter into homonymy.