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Species: Odontomachus chelifer

Author: John T. Longino

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Ponerinae Genus: Odontomachus

Distribution:

Paraguay: Amambay, Caaguazú, Canindeyú, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Itapúa, Misiones, Paraguarí

Biology:

Natural History:

This strikingly large species I have only seen as foragers in wet forest, on the forest floor, and often nocturnal. I have never seen a nest.

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

chelifer. Formica chelifera Latreille, 1802c: 188, pl. 8, fig. 51 (w.) SOUTH AMERICA (no locality given). Forel, 1909a: 252 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952c: 651 (l.). Combination in Odontomachus: Latreille, 1809: 128. Senior synonym of emacerata: Brown, 1976a: 103; of leptocephalus: Emery, 1911d: 114; of theresiae: Forel, 1899c: 19; Brown, 1976a: 103.

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.

Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle de Fourmis, et recueil de memoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignees, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. 445 pp. Paris.