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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2019)

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Neotropical

Distribution Notes:

Tropical Central and South America (Brown 1976). Costa Rica: throughout in wet forest to 900m.

Biology:

Natural History:

This is a large, aggressive species that nests in large epiphyte clumps or dead branches, from the low arboreal zone to the subcanopy. It usually occurs in the shaded conditions of mature wet forest.

References:

Brown, W. L., Jr. 1976. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Studia Entomol. 19:67-171.

Fabricius, J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum. Brunsvigae: C. Reichard. xiv + 15-439 + 30pp. Ants - p. 395-428.

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 48 times found in montane wet forest, 7 times found in wet forest, 8 times found in lowland rainforest, 6 times found in rainforest, 4 times found in mature wet forest, 3 times found in Sura, 3 times found in Primary wet forest, 3 times found in cloud forest, 1 times found in Sura 700m, 2 times found in CCL 300, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 7 times Sobre Vegetacion, 5 times beating veg., 4 times pan trap, 3 times Sura, 2 times strays, 3 times SCH, 3 times nocturnal strays, 1 times nest in rotten wood, 2 times bajo de M/13, 2 times bajo de M/05, 2 times bajo de M/04, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 34 times Malaise, 16 times Search, 17 times flight intercept trap, 11 times Fogging, 7 times Sweeping, 6 times beating, 6 times Blacklight, 5 times Foggin, 4 times Pan Trap, 1 times Winkler, 1 times litter sample, ...

Elevations: collected from 2 - 1350 meters, 350 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Odontomachus maxillaris: casent0900583; type of Myrmecia hastata: focol1059

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