Protonym: Eciton foreli
Authorship Mayr, 1886b: 116, 122 (diagnosis in key)
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality PANAMA (Barro Colorado), BRAZIL, COLOMBIA (“Neugranada”), FRENCH GUIANA (“Cayenne”), MEXICO, URUGUAY
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Panama: Canal Zone, Barro Colorado I. (no collector’s name) (invalid restriction of type locality by Borgmeier, 1955: 188; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository: NHMW.
Type notes Other original syntype localities: Mayr, 1886b: 116 (in key), merely lists five countries, without further data.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Eciton burchellii foreli Subspecies Valid
Eciton foreli Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Eciton burchellii foreli Mayr, 1886
Original combination