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Extant: 6 valid subspecies
Taxonomic history
Smith, 1855c PDF: 162 (s.); Wheeler, 1912f PDF: 206 (m.); Menozzi, 1931d PDF: 188 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974c PDF: 170 (l.). |
Combination in Eciton: Smith, 1855c PDF: 162. |
Senior synonym of Eciton simillima: Smith, 1858a PDF: 151; of Eciton integrum: Borgmeier, 1953 PDF: 13. |
Current subspecies: nominal plus Eciton vagans allognathum, Eciton vagans angustatum, Eciton vagans dispar, Eciton vagans dubitatum, Eciton vagans fur, Eciton vagans mutatum. |
See also: Borgmeier, 1955 PDF: 229; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a PDF: 270. |
Scientific Name | Status | Publication | Pages | ModsID | GoogleMaps |
Eciton vagans | Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 25, (download) | 25 | 21367 | ||
Eciton vagans | Borgmeier, T., 1939, Nova contribuição para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicais (Hym. Formicidae)., Revista de Entomologia, São Paulo 10, pp. 403-428: 405-406, (download) | 405-406 | 6484 | ||
Eciton vagans | Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum, pp. -1--1: 151, (download) | 151 | 8127 |
Found most commonly in these habitats: 7 times found in Semideciduous seasonal forest, 1 times found in tropical wet forest, 1 times found in rainforest, 1 times found in cloud forest, 1 times found in coffee finca, 3 times found in Tropical hardwood forest, 1 times found in 2∫ cloud forest, 1 times found in pasture, 1 times found in tropical moist forest, 1 times found in 2º cloud forest.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 4 times column on ground, 2 times ground forager(s), 2 times raiding trail, 1 times swarm on ground, 1 times raiding trail over 90ft.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 5 times hand collecting, 4 times direct collection, 1 times raiding column, 3 times Epigaeic pitfall.
Elevations: collected from 50 - 1350 meters, 538 meters average
Type specimens: Holotype of Eciton simillima: casent0902633; Holotype of Eciton integrum: casent0911389