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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
›
Dorylinae
›
Eciton
›
Eciton hamatum
Eciton
hamatum
(Fabricius, 1782)
valid
Formica hamata
Fabricius, 1782
: 494 (s.) FRENCH GUIANA. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: French Guiana: Cayenne (no collector’s name). Type-depository:
ZMUC
.
Mayr, 1886b
: 121 (w.);
Emery, 1896g
: 39 (m.);
Wheeler, 1925d
: 145 (q.);
Wheeler, 1943
: 327 (l.)
Combination in
Myrmecia
:
Fabricius, 1804
: 425
Combination in
Atta
:
Latreille, 1809
: 129;
Leach, 1815
: 147.
Combination in
Eciton
:
Latreille, 1804
: 179; Latreille, 1817c: 75;
Smith, 1855c
: 161
Combination in
Eciton (Eciton)
:
Emery, 1910b
: 20;
Santschi, 1925b
: 12.
Status as species:
Fabricius, 1787
: 311;
Gmelin, 1790
: 2803;
Olivier, 1792
: 502;
Fabricius, 1793
: 364;
Latreille, 1802a
: 242;
Fabricius, 1804
: 425;
Latreille, 1804
: 179;
Leach, 1815
: 147; Latreille, 1817c: 75;
Lamarck, 1817
: 97;
Smith, 1855c
: 161;
Smith, 1858a
: 148;
Mayr, 1863a
: 409;
Roger, 1863b
: 36;
Norton, 1868a
: 61;
Norton, 1868b
: 45;
Mayr, 1886b
: 117 (in key);
Forel, 1886a
: 217;
Emery, 1890c
: 38;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 3;
Emery, 1894d
: 176;
Emery, 1894l
: 45;
Forel, 1895b
: 119;
Emery, 1896g
: 39;
Forel, 1899b
: 22;
Emery, 1900e
: 176 (in key);
Wheeler, 1907b
: 271;
Forel, 1907h
: 2;
Emery, 1910b
: 20;
Forel, 1912d
: 41;
Mann, 1916
: 419;
Crawley, 1916b
: 368;
Forel, 1921b
: 133;
Santschi, 1921g
: 88;
Wheeler, 1921d
: 309;
Mann, 1922
: 19;
Borgmeier, 1923
: 38;
Wheeler, 1923a
: 1;
Wheeler, 1925a
: 1;
Santschi, 1925b
: 12;
Borgmeier, 1936b
: 51;
Santschi, 1939f
: 161;
Borgmeier, 1953
: 9;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 214 (redescription);
Tafuri, 1957
: 21;
Borgmeier, 1958a
: 204;
Kempf, 1960e
: 387;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1964c
: 134;
Kempf, 1970b
: 323;
Kempf, 1972b
: 102;
Watkins, 1976
: 10 (in key);
Watkins, 1982
: 209 (in key);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a
: 269;
Bolton, 1995b
: 185;
Palacio, 1999
: 152 (in key);
Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012
: 254;
Bezděčková
et al.
, 2015
: 109;
Palacio, 2019
: 601.
Senior synonym of
Eciton amazona
:
Borgmeier, 1953
: 14;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 214;
Kempf, 1972b
: 102;
Bolton, 1995b
: 185.
Senior synonym of
Eciton curvidentata
:
Shuckard, 1840e
: 174;
Smith, 1858a
: 148;
Mayr, 1863a
: 409;
Roger, 1863b
: 36;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 3;
Forel, 1899b
: 23;
Emery, 1910b
: 20;
Borgmeier, 1923
: 38;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 214;
Kempf, 1972b
: 102;
Bolton, 1995b
: 185.
Senior synonym of
Eciton hamatum funesta
:
Borgmeier, 1953
: 13;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 214;
Kempf, 1972b
: 102;
Bolton, 1995b
: 185.
Senior synonym of
Eciton mattogrossensis
:
Borgmeier, 1953
: 10;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 214;
Kempf, 1972b
: 102;
Bolton, 1995b
: 185.
Senior synonym of
Eciton pittieri
:
Borgmeier, 1953
: 9;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 214;
Kempf, 1972b
: 102;
Bolton, 1995b
: 185.
Senior synonym of
Eciton testacea
:
Mayr, 1863a
: 409;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 214;
Kempf, 1972b
: 102;
Bolton, 1995b
: 185.
Junior synonyms
Eciton amazona
Santschi, 1923
Eciton curvidentata
(Latreille, 1802)
Obsolete combination(s):
Formica curvidentata
Eciton hamatum funesta
Santschi, 1921
Eciton mattogrossensis
Luederwaldt, 1920
Obsolete combination(s):
Eciton hamatum mattogrossensis
Eciton pittieri
Forel, 1899
Eciton testacea
(Gray, 1832)
Obsolete combination(s):
Camptognatha testacea
Obsolete combinations
Formica hamata
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