| Authorship | Latreille, 1804: 179 |
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| Type name | Type-species: Formica haematoda (obsolete combination of Odontomachus haematodus), by monotypy. |
| Etymology | Masculine Greek compound name, odonto from odous = tooth and machus from makhē = fight. Probably referring to the trap-jaw mandibles, meaning “fighting tooth”. |
| Odontomachus | Genus | Valid |