Odontomachus cheliferus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 77

publication ID

8127

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296545

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scientific name

Odontomachus cheliferus
status

 

2. Odontomachus cheliferus   LSID .

Formica chelifera, Latr.   LSID Hist. Nat. Fourm. 188 [[worker]]. pl. 8. f. 51.

Ponera chelifera, Latr.   LSID Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 128.

St. Farg. & Serv. Encycl. Meth. x. 184. 1.

Hab. South America.

We are acquainted with two species of this genus, O. affinis   LSID and O. maxillaris   LSID , both of which agree in every respect with Latreille's chelifera   LSID , with the exception of the sculpture of the abdomen. Latreille describes the abdomen as having the skin (or surface) very finely striated; we are acquainted with twelve species of the genus, none of which have the slightest trace of striation on the abdomen. Is it not possible that there is an error in the description of chelifera   LSID , and that either affinis   LSID or maxillaris   LSID are identical with it?

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Odontomachus

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