Odontomachus maxillaris

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Odontomachus maxillaris Smith, 1858 junior synonym of current valid taxon Odontomachus hastatus (Fabricius, 1804)

Odontomachus maxillaris Smith, 1858a: 77, pl. 5, figs. 12-14 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Amazonas). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: queen Brazil: Ega (= Tefé), 1855, “Ega 56/69” (H.W. Bates), worker Brazil: Villa Nova, 1855 (H.W. Bates). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900583 (queen). Type notes: 1) 1 queen syntype in BMNH confirmed. 2) Syntype queen, Ega. 56/69. BMNH accessions register gives: “1856 no. 69 (June 9). Amazon (Ega, on the R.) purchased from Stevens. Collected by H.W. Bates in the months of July, Aug. Sept. 1855”. 3) The syntype worker mentioned by Smith, 1858a was not found. He gives two localities in the original description, Ega and Villa Nova. It is assumed that Ega referred to the queen (described first), and Villa Nova to the worker, now lost (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).

Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 27; Mayr, 1863a: 437.
Junior synonym of Odontomachus hastatus: Roger, 1863b: 22; Dalla Torre, 1893: 51; Forel, 1895b: 118; Forel, 1899b: 20; Emery, 1911e: 113; Borgmeier, 1923: 80; Kempf, 1972b: 171; Brown, 1976c: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 296; França et al., 2024: 107.

Citations

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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.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1976c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Studia Entomologica 19:67-171. PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
França, E. C. B.; Fernandes, I. O.; Lattke, J. E. 2024. Looking at upside-down ants: Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical species of Odontomachus Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Zootaxa 5502 (1):1-166. 10.11646/zootaxa.5502.1.1 PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
Roger, J. 1861a. Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen (Schluss). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 5:1-54. PDF
Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF

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