Genus: Eciton

Eciton Latreille, 1804: 179. Type-species: Formica hamata, by subsequent designation of Shuckard, in Swainson & Shuckard, 1840: 173.

Taxonomic history

Eciton in Myrmicites: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 172.

Eciton in Poneridae, Myrmicidae: Smith, F. 1858b: 148.

Eciton in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1865: 17 [Myrmicidae]; Cresson, 1887: 259  [Myrmicidae].

Eciton in Dorylinae: Forel, 1878: 365 (footnote) [Dorylidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 1; Forel, 1895b: 118; Forel, 1899c: 22.

Eciton in Dorylinae, Ecitonini: Forel, 1893a: 163; Emery, 1895j: 765 [Ecitonii]; Emery, 1910b: 17 [Ecitini]; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 138; Forel, 1917: 240; Gallardo, 1920: 312; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 635; Borgmeier, 1923: 37; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 641; Borgmeier, 1955: 79; Kempf, 1972a: 101; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79.

Eciton in Ecitoninae: Brown, 1973b: 166; Snelling, 1981: 392.

Eciton in Ecitoninae, Ecitonini: Ashmead, 1905b: 381; Ashmead, 1906: 24; Bolton, 1990c: 1357; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Jaffe, 1993: 13; Bolton, 1994: 39; all subsequent authors.

Junior synonyms of ECITON

Ancylognathus Lund, 1831a: 121, 135. Type-species: Ancylognathus lugubris, nomen nudum. [Ancylognathus material referred to Eciton: Smith, F. 1855c: 160; all subsequent authors.]

Camptognatha Gray, G.R. 1832: 516. Type-species: Camptognatha testacea (junior synonym of Formica hamata), by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Camptognatha as junior synonym of Eciton: Smith, F. 1855c: 160; Roger, 1863b: 36; Dalla Torre, 1893: 1; Emery, 1910b: 19; Borgmeier, 1955: 162; all subsequent authors.

Mayromyrmex Ashmead, 1905b: 381. Type-species: Labidus fargeavii (junior synonym of Atta quadriglumis), by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Mayromyrmex in Ecitoninae, Ecitonini: Ashmead, 1905b: 381; Ashmead, 1906: 24.

Mayromyrmex as junior synonym of Eciton: Emery, 1906a: 718; Emery, 1910b: 19; Borgmeier, 1955: 162; all subsequent authors.

Holopone Santschi, 1925b: 11 [as subgenus of Eciton]. Type-species: Eciton rapax, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Holopone as junior synonym of Eciton: Borgmeier, 1936: 55; Borgmeier, 1955: 162; all subsequent authors.

Genus Eciton references

Smith, F. 1858b: 148 (diagnosis); Roger, 1863b: 36 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863: 408 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 17, 77 (diagnosis, all species key); Mayr, 1886a: 115 (all species key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 1 (catalogue); Emery, 1900a: 176 (all species, males key); Emery, 1910b: 17 (diagnosis, subgenera key, catalogue); Gallardo, 1920: 312 (Argentina species key); Borgmeier, 1955: 162, 175 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Kempf, 1972a: 101 (Neotropical catalogue); Watkins, 1976: 9 (all species key); Watkins, 1982: 209 (Mexico species key); Billen, 1986: 170 (Dufour's gland); Brandão, 1991: 341 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a: 1049 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 184 (catalogue); Palacio, 1999: 151 (Colombia species key).