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Species: Odontomachus insularis   Guérin-Méneville, 1844 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Odontomachus insularis Guérin-Méneville, 1844a PDF: 423 (w.m.) CUBA. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1897b PDF: 298 (q.).
Subspecies of Odontomachus haematodus: Emery, 1890c: 44 (footnote); Smith, 1939d PDF: 127.
Revived status as species: Taylor & Wilson, 1962 PDF: 142.
Material of the unavailable names Odontomachus pallens, Odontomachus wheeleri referred here by Brown, 1976a: 104.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Nearctic Region: Florida, Georgia, North America, United States
Neotropical Region: Americas, Barbados, Caribbean, Central America, Colima, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Granma, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guantánamo, Guerrero, Haiti, Holguín, Mexico, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Santiago de Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago

Identification:

Similar to Odontomachus ruginodis but easily separable by characters of the petiole: Anterior petiolar face tapering evenly through apex of apical spine, and petiole smooth and shining.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 0 times found in mixed hardwood forest, 3 times found in montane forest, 2 times found in wet rainforest, 1 times found in wet mixed, 0 times found in Palm Grove, 1 times found in pine forest, 0 times found in Pine-palmetto, 0 times found in Arid tropical woodland, 1 times found in pluviselva, 0 times found in Cedar grove on mountain top, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 9 times ex sifted litter, 3 times ex sifted leaf litter, 1 times with orchids, 1 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood).

Collected most commonly using these methods: 12 times Winkler, 0 times Under rock, 0 times Soil nest, 0 times Base of live tree, 0 times Base of tree, 0 times Dead stick on ground, 0 times Garden path, 0 times In stump, 0 times Under small rotting log.

Elevations: collected from 18 - 1829 meters, 462 meters average

Type specimens: type of Odontomachus insularis: focol0683, focol0684-1, focol0684-2



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