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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Indomalaya Region: Borneo
Nearctic Region: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North America, United States
Neotropical Region: Americas, Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Bolívar, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Corrientes, Costa Rica, Demerara-Mahaica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Madre de Dios, Martinique, Mexico, Nayarit, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Pará, Peru, South America, Suchitepéquez, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Virgin Islands, Venezuela, Veracruz, Ñeembucú
Palearctic Region: China

Distribution Notes:

Brown (1976) considered Odontomachus haematodus to be restricted to "cis-Andean continental S America from [the] Orinoco Delta to Tucumán, Argentina." Records from elsewhere should be treated cautiously. (Including range previously given here, but provided for integrity: India,Neotropical: Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Eucador, Guyana, French Guiana, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Brazil, Surinam, Philippines, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Bahamas.)

Identification:

Striae on head reaching occipital carina; first gastric tergum predominantly smooth; metasternum with acute paired denticles anterior to metacoxae; body brown, legs yellow to brown. Easily confused with the Nearctic Odontomachus brunneus, but the latter taxon lacks metasternal processes.

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 Entomologica, 19: 67-171.

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 0 times found in Tropical Hardwood Forest, 1 times found in at base of pine tree, 2 times found in lowland rainforest, 2 times found in rainforest, 1 times found in rainforest clearing, 1 times found in 1� forest, 1 times found in wet forest, 0 times found in Degraded rain forest, 0 times found in Forest Preserve, 1 times found in Grassland, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 3 times general collecting, 2 times strays, 1 times on orchids, 1 times Nest in soil, 1 times ground forager(s).

Collected most commonly using these methods: 9 times pan trap, 3 times search, 0 times In log, 1 times in litter, 0 times Base of stump, 0 times Base of tree, 0 times Under log, 0 times Forest floor, 1 times Ground nest, 1 times Hand, 1 times litter sample, ...

Elevations: collected from 30 - 1014 meters, 310 meters average

Type specimens: Holotype of Odontomachus haematoda pallipes: casent0900582; syntype of Odontomachus hirsutisculus: casent0900581; syntype of Odontomachus haematodus pubescens bruneipes: casent0904007

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