Eciton burchellii urichi

Eciton burchellii urichi Forel, 1899 valid

Eciton burchelli r. urichi Forel, 1899b: 24 (w.) TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (Trinidad). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Trinidad: (no further data) (F.W. Urich). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP, NHMB. Primary type specimen: MZSP0082270. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 68, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 3 syntype workers in MZSP.

Weber, 1941c: 329 (q.)
Junior synonym of Eciton burchellii foreli: Borgmeier, 1939: 404.
Subspecies of Eciton burchellii: Emery, 1900e: 185; Wheeler, 1905c: 122; Emery, 1910b: 20; Wheeler, 1916f: 324; Wheeler, 1922e: 1; Santschi, 1925d: 222 (in key); Weber, 1941c: 329; Borgmeier, 1953: 8; Borgmeier, 1955: 190 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 186.

Citations

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Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1939. Nova contribuição para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicas (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 10:403-428. 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
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
Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. 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
Weber, N. A. 1941c. The rediscovery of the queen of Eciton (Labidus) coecum Latr. (Hym.: Formicidae). American Midland Naturalist 26:325-329. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1905c. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1916f. Ants collected in Trinidad by Professor Roland Thaxter, Mr. F. W. Urich, and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:323-330. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922e. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45:1-16. PDF