Las hormigas ecitoninas de Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae): elenco preliminar

Abstract

A preliminary list of the army ants, Subfamily Ecitoninae, known for Venezuela is presented along with their locality records, distribution maps and some natural history data. There is a total of 30 species: 1 of Cheliomyrmex, 6 of Eciton, 2 of Labidus, 19 of Neivamyrmex, and 2 of Nomamyrmex. Eighteen species are recorded for the country for the first time, some are widespread, some are restricted to southern Venezuela, and all are under-collected.