Protonym: Eciton vagans subsp. allognathum
Authorship Borgmeier, 1955: 239, pl. 17, fig. 7; pl. 19, fig. 13; pl. 64, fig. 2
Forms s.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality VENEZUELA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Venezuela: Caracas, 1921 (A.J. Carranza Rojas). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 3 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MZSP.
Type notes 1) Borgmeier, 1955: 240, also mentions 1 major worker: Venezuela: Puerto Cabello, 1893 (Sievers), in MZSP. This specimen apparently not included in the type series (Bolton). 2) Mônica Antunes Ulysséa says that the Puerto Cabello major worker is part of the type series. 3) Bolton cites holotype depository as MZSP and paratype depositories as MZSP, USNM. Mônica Antunes Ulysséa cites holotype in USNM and all paratypes in MZSP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Eciton vagans allognathum Subspecies Valid Original combination