Eciton rapax Smith, 1855 valid
Eciton rapax Smith, 1855c: 163, pl. 13, figs. 3, 4 (s.) BRAZIL (Pará). Neotropic.
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.
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