Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: unknown.
Type notes:
1) This taxon was based on a specimen of Labidus latreilliiJurine, 1807, sensuLepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 229, misidentification. 2) According to Horn & Kahle, 1936: 258, Shuckard’s collection was auctioned by J.C. Stevens (London).
Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)8:173-188 [pagination of separate: 511-526].