Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
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Eciton hamata

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Description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eciton curvidentata, Smith, 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."

Notes

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

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Eciton
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
hamata
Taxon rank
species