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Ants, bees & wasps

Ant

Ectatomma tuberculatum (Olivier, 1792)

Names

EnglishAnt
Dutch—
SpanishHormiga de grandes mandíbulas
Chinese瘤外刺猛蚁
Sranan Tongomira (general name for the group)
Scientific nameEctatomma tuberculatum (Olivier, 1792)

About this species

Ectatomma tuberculatum, known in Qʼeqchiʼ as the kelep, is a Neotropical species of ant in the subfamily Ectatomminae. Common in the Neotropics, the species is found from Mexico to Argentina. It is a host to the related social parasite Ectatomma parasiticum, the only known parasitic species in the subfamily Ectatomminae.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFormicidae
GenusEctatomma

In Suriname

31Records in Suriname
31iNaturalist observations
2005First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo20
  • Para4
  • Sipaliwini4
  • Wanica1
  • Commewijne1
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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