Species: Odontomachus clarus

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2022)

Odontomachus clarus Roger, 1861a PDF: 26 (w.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: U.S.A.: Texas (no collector’s name). Type-depository: MNHU. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Patton, 1894 PDF: 618 (m.); Wheeler, 1908h PDF: 407 (q.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980 PDF: 381 (l.)

Subspecies of Odontomachus haematodus: Emery, 1911e PDF: 115; Wheeler, 1914c PDF: 40; Smith, 1939d PDF: 129 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 55; Smith, 1951c PDF: 787; Smith, 1958c PDF: 112; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 171.

Status as species: Roger, 1863b PDF: 22; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 436; Mayr, 1886d PDF: 437; Cresson, 1887 PDF: 258; Emery, 1892f PDF: 561 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 49; Emery, 1895d PDF: 269; Forel, 1901d PDF: 124; Wheeler, 1908h PDF: 407; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 562; Santschi, 1911d PDF: 3; Cole, 1937a PDF: 98; Taylor & Wilson, 1962 PDF: 142; Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 20; Brown, 1976c PDF: 103, 136; Smith, 1979: 1344; Deyrup et al., 1985 PDF: 191; Deyrup & Trager, 1986 PDF: 214; Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 94; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 363; Bolton, 1995b: 295; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 37; Deyrup & Cover, 2004b PDF: 141 (in key); MacGown et al., 2014 PDF: 529 (redescription).

Senior synonym of Odontomachus haematodus clarionensis: Taylor & Wilson, 1962 PDF: 142; Brown, 1976c PDF: 103; Smith, 1979: 1344; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 363; Bolton, 1995b: 295; MacGown et al., 2014 PDF: 529.

Senior synonym of Odontomachus haematodus coninodis: Brown, 1976c PDF: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 295; MacGown et al., 2014 PDF: 529.

Senior synonym of Odontomachus texana: Wheeler, 1902g PDF: 26; Wheeler, 1908h PDF: 407; Emery, 1911e PDF: 114; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 55; Smith, 1951c PDF: 787; Brown, 1976c PDF: 103; Smith, 1979: 1344; Bolton, 1995b: 295; MacGown et al., 2014 PDF: 529.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Mexico, Panama, United States
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic, Neotropical

Distribution Notes:

collected from the Chiricahua Mtns, Cochise Co.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in oak-pine-juniper woodland, 4 times found in oak-juniper-pinyon woodland, 3 times found in agricultural zone, 1 times found in cedar scrub, 2 times found in oak-juniper woodland, 3 times found in Roadside meadow, 3 times found in xerophyl scrub, 1 times found in pine oak forest, 2 times found in mesquite woodland, 2 times found in pine-oak-juniper, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 6 times under stone, 7 times under rock, 2 times ex rotten log, 1 times under rock in grassy area, 2 times under boulder, 1 times nest under stone, 1 times under log, 1 times strays, 1 times stray foragers on ground, 1 times several 2" diameter craters in open gap, gravelly soil, 1 times roadside, under rock, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 7 times direct collection, 7 times pitfall, 3 times Search, 4 times malaise trap, 1 times hand collected, 2 times hand collecting, 2 times general collecting, 2 times pitfall trap, 1 times honey bait, 1 times mercury vapor lamp, 1 times blacklight, ...

Elevations: collected from 90 - 2188 meters, 1162 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1932-08-11 00:00:00.0 and 2018-03-11 00:00:00.0

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