Eciton foreli Mayr, 1886b: 116, 122 (diagnosis in key) (s.w.) PANAMA (Barro Colorado), BRAZIL, COLOMBIA (“Neugranada”), FRENCH GUIANA (“Cayenne”), MEXICO, URUGUAY. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Panama: Canal Zone, Barro Colorado I. (no collector’s name) (invalid restriction of type locality by Borgmeier, 1955: 188; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository: NHMW. Type notes: Other original syntype localities: Mayr, 1886b: 116 (in key), merely lists five countries, without further data.