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 It is assumed that Ega referred to the queen (described first), and Villa Nova to the worker, now lost (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
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