Eciton velutatus

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Eciton velutatus Menozzi, 1926 junior synonym of current valid taxon Eciton jansoni Forel, 1912

Eciton (Eciton) velutatus Menozzi, 1926d: 30, fig. 1 (m.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 18 syntype males. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Orosi (no collector’s name) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas). Primary type depositories: IEUB, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0911386. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 69, cites 1 male syntype in NHMB.

Status as species: Borgmeier, 1939: 407.
Junior synonym of Eciton jansoni: Borgmeier, 1953: 11; Borgmeier, 1955: 270; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 186.

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1939. Nova contribuição para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicas (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 10:403-428. PDF
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
Menozzi, C. 1926d. Due nuove specie di Eciton Latr. (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Folia Myrmecologica et Termitologica 1:29-32. PDF

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