Overview
Brief Summary
Biology
This strikingly large species I have only seen as foragers in wet forest, on the forest floor, and often nocturnal. I have never seen a nest.
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Distribution
Distribution
Southern Mexico to Northern Argentina (Brown 1976). Costa Rica: wet to moist forest of both slopes to mid-elevations; more abundant at mid-elevations than in the lowlands.
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Physical Description
Diagnostic Description
Amambay, Caaguazú , Canindeyú , Central, Concepción , Cordillera, Itapúa , Misiones, Paraguari, “Paraguay” (s. loc.) (ALWC, INBP, LACM, MCSN, MHNG, MZSP). Literature records: Cordillera (Forel 1909).
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Odontomachus chelifer
Public Records: 0
Species: 13
Species With Barcodes: 1
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