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

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."