Eciton hamata

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 148-149

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6297053

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Eciton hamata
status

 

1. Eciton hamata   HNS . Pl. VI. figs. 5, 6, 8. B.M.

Formica hamata, Fabr.   HNS Ent. Syst. ii, 364. 58 (worker major).

Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 242. pl. 8. f. 54.

Myrmecia hamata, Fabr.   HNS Syst. Piez. 425. 6.

Eciton hamata, Latr.   HNS Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 129.

Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. iii. new ser. 16. 1.

Formica curvidentata, Latr.   HNS Hist. Nat. Fourm. 269 (worker minor).

Eciton curvidentata, Smith   HNS , Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. iii. new ser. 162. 3.

Hab. Brazil (Para); Cayenne.

Latreille's species are united on the authority of Mr. H. W. Bates, who says, " I have observed its legions in processions of great extent, but up to the present time I have been unable to meet with the other sexes; their societies are so numerous and the sting of the insects so severe, that an attack on one of their colonies is not to be rashly undertaken."

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Eciton

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