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Eciton ferox Santschi, 1920 junior synonym of current valid taxon Eciton drepanophorum Smith, 1858

Eciton ferox Santschi, 1920e: 122 (s.w.) BOLIVIA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 1 syntype major worker, 2 syntype minor workers. Primary type locality: Bolivia: Rio Ivari, 1917 (C. Lizer & L. Delétang). Primary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Santschi, 1921g: 89, renders the type locality as Rio Ibares, between Los Tojabos and Los Cusis.

[Also described as new by Santschi, 1921g: 89.]
Junior synonym of Eciton drepanophorum: Borgmeier, 1953: 13, 16; Borgmeier, 1955: 223; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 184.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2:1-51. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Santschi, F. 1920e. Quelques nouvelles fourmis de Bolivie (expédition Lizer-Delétang, 1917). Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 89:122-126. PDF
Santschi, F. 1921g. Ponerinae, Dorylinae et quelques autres formicides néotropiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54:81-103. PDF

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