Protonym: Odontomachus
Authorship Latreille, 1804: 179
Type name Type-species: Formica haematoda (obsolete combination of Odontomachus haematodus), by monotypy.
Etymology Masculine Greek compound name, odonto from odous = tooth and machus from makhē = fight. Probably referring to the trap-jaw mandibles, meaning “fighting tooth”.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Odontomachus Genus Valid