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Taxonomic history
Costa Rica south through tropical South America to Argentina (Kugler and Brown 1982). Costa Rica: southwestern lowlands and Osa Peninsula.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:175-362.
Kugler, C., W. L. Brown, Jr. 1982. Revisionary and other studies on the ant genus Ectatomma, including the descriptions of two new species. Search: Agriculture (Cornell), No. 24, 8 pp.
Roger, J. 1863. Die neu aufgefuehrten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Erganzung einiger frueher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7:131-214.
Scientific Name | Status | Publication | Pages | ModsID | GoogleMaps |
Ectatomma edentatum | Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 26, (download) | 26 | 21367 | ||
Ectatomma edentatum | nov. spec. | Roger, J., 1863, Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses, nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegeben Beschreibungen., Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7, pp. 131-214: 173, (download) | 173 | 4101 |
Found most commonly in these habitats: 25 times found in Semideciduous seasonal forest, 2 times found in rainforest, 2 times found in Bamboo forest, 2 times found in Forest, 2 times found in tropical rainforest, 2 times found in wet forest, 2 times found in mature rainforest, 1 times found in mature rainforest, edge of forest near pasture and agricultural land, steep rocky terrain, 1 times found in mature rainforest, near pasture edge, small stream through forest, 1 times found in mature wet forest, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 5 times ex sifted leaf litter, 5 times at bait, 2 times ex sifted litter, 0 times Clearing, 1 times Ticoporo Forest Reserve. Dense second growth with few larger trees. Ex sifted le, 0 times Pasture, 1 times LeafLitter, 1 times general collecting, 1 times Foraging ants, 1 times forager, 1 times at sugar bait on ground, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 24 times epigaeic pitfall, 5 times winkler, 3 times search, 3 times miniWinkler, 3 times bait, 3 times direct collection, 2 times baiting, 0 times Berlesate of colonized litter bags (previously sterilized), 1 times berlese funnel, 1 times Hand, 1 times Hypogaeic pitfall, ...
Elevations: collected from 30 - 764 meters, 504 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1981-01-04 and 2020-01-26
Type specimens: syntype of Ectatomma edentatum inversa: casent0915106; syntype of Ectatomma edentatum iris: casent0907177; syntype of Ectatomma edentatum macdonaghi: casent0907178; syntype of Ectatomma edentatum muticum densestriata: casent0907180; syntype of Ectatomma morgani: casent0907179