Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Brazil: St Paul (= São Paulo de Olivença) (Graves). Primary type depository: unknown (presumed lost; not in BMNH, OXUM, LSLC, or MVMA).
Type notes:
1) Only a single specimen is involved as Shuckard, 1840a: 199, says “In the present genus [Labidus, sensuShuckard, 1840a, Shuckard, 1840b] I have seen but single specimens of any species.” 2) This taxon is based on a specimen of Labidus latreilliiJurine, 1807, sensuHaliday, 1836: 328, misidentification. 3) According to Horn & Kahle, 1936: 258, Shuckard’s collection was auctioned by J.C. Stevens (London).
Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)8:173-188 [pagination of separate: 511-526].
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