| Authorship |
Brown, 1976c:
161, figs. 10, 15
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Neotropic |
| Locality |
ECUADOR |
| Etymology |
From the Greek word mormo = fear, frighten; a female spirit in the Greek folklore who was invoked by mothers or nurses to frighten children to keep them from misbehaving. The name probably refers to the notorious and potentially frightening size of this species, at the time, the largest described Odontomachus. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ecuador: Prov. Guayas, foothills of the Andes, ca 3 km. SW Bucay, just east of the highway, vii.1973 (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZ Holotype 34795. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker Ecuador: Prov. Pichinca, 3 km. E Tandapi, 1300 m., no. B-303, 1975, in wet ravine (S. & J. Peck), 1 paratype worker (badly damaged) Ecuador: Prov. Pichincha, Tinalandia, 16 km. SE Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 680 m., 1975, litter berlesate (S. & J. Peck). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP. Secondary type specimen: MZSP 77724. |
