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Odontomachus

Trap-jaw Ants

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Species

Odontomachus brunneus

Florida trap-jaw ant
Species

Odontomachus haematodus

snapping ant
Species

Odontomachus monticola

Asian trap-jaw ant

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Scientific data

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Odontomachus Latreille, 1804

GBIF · view at source · updated on 15/07/2026

Trap-jaw Ants

GENUS Valid name

Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Odontomachus

Odontomachus

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 15/07/2026

About the species

Genus of ants

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(c) Wayne Fidler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Wayne Fidler · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist
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Occurrences (GBIF) 127 countries · 34866 records GBIF · updated on 17/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1872: 1 1886: 1 1887: 1 1888: 3 1891: 1 1893: 3 1896: 1 1898: 3 1899: 10 1900: 11 1901: 3 1902: 9 1904: 4 1905: 1 1906: 1 1907: 2 1908: 22 1909: 25 1910: 10 1911: 57 1912: 28 1913: 16 1914: 18 1915: 31 1916: 24 1917: 8 1918: 5 1919: 12 1920: 32 1921: 2 1923: 4 1924: 14 1925: 16 1926: 7 1927: 55 1928: 10 1929: 6 1930: 5 1931: 7 1932: 13 1933: 63 1934: 22 1935: 2 1936: 36 1937: 23 1938: 37 1939: 14 1940: 3 1941: 34 1942: 8 1943: 16 1944: 62 1945: 36 1946: 5 1947: 6 1948: 30 1949: 45 1950: 13 1951: 18 1952: 15 1953: 22 1954: 39 1955: 91 1956: 95 1957: 15 1958: 32 1959: 134 1960: 34 1961: 84 1962: 231 1963: 108 1964: 54 1965: 218 1966: 58 1967: 51 1968: 108 1969: 32 1970: 28 1971: 157 1972: 125 1973: 73 1974: 91 1975: 187 1976: 128 1977: 150 1978: 238 1979: 174 1980: 72 1981: 182 1982: 119 1983: 173 1984: 147 1985: 303 1986: 183 1987: 224 1988: 168 1989: 697 1990: 200 1991: 379 1992: 350 1993: 576 1994: 286 1995: 348 1996: 148 1997: 236 1998: 238 1999: 202 2000: 228 2001: 293 2002: 294 2003: 909 2004: 680 2005: 949 2006: 562 2007: 531 2008: 1,166 2009: 518 2010: 878 2011: 841 2012: 626 2013: 495 2014: 612 2015: 1,034 2016: 776 2017: 394 2018: 746 2019: 1,102 2020: 897 2021: 1,643 2022: 2,215 2023: 1,173 2024: 1,327 2025: 2,028 2026: 715
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YearRecords
18721
18861
18871
18883
18911
18933
18961
18983
189910
190011
19013
19029
19044
19051
19061
19072
190822
190925
191010
191157
191228
191316
191418
191531
191624
19178
19185
191912
192032
19212
19234
192414
192516
19267
192755
192810
19296
19305
19317
193213
193363
193422
19352
193636
193723
193837
193914
19403
194134
19428
194316
194462
194536
19465
19476
194830
194945
195013
195118
195215
195322
195439
195591
195695
195715
195832
1959134
196034
196184
1962231
1963108
196454
1965218
196658
196751
1968108
196932
197028
1971157
1972125
197373
197491
1975187
1976128
1977150
1978238
1979174
198072
1981182
1982119
1983173
1984147
1985303
1986183
1987224
1988168
1989697
1990200
1991379
1992350
1993576
1994286
1995348
1996148
1997236
1998238
1999202
2000228
2001293
2002294
2003909
2004680
2005949
2006562
2007531
20081,166
2009518
2010878
2011841
2012626
2013495
2014612
20151,034
2016776
2017394
2018746
20191,102
2020897
20211,643
20222,215
20231,173
20241,327
20252,028
2026715
Colombia · 6,356 United States · 4,249 Costa Rica · 3,534 Australia · 2,728 Madagascar · 1,242 Mexico · 1,157 Brazil · 1,070 Fiji · 845 Ecuador · 742 Papua New Guinea · 701 South Africa · 681 Ghana · 636 Panama · 551 Singapore · 529 Philippines · 467 Dominican Republic · 441 Peru · 437 Indonesia · 435 Honduras · 434 Guatemala · 392 Kenya · 377 Nicaragua · 369 India · 367 Malaysia · 353 Guinea · 303 Thailand · 255 Solomon Islands · 250 Guadeloupe · 250 Mozambique · 219 French Guiana · 215 Cuba · 200 Trinidad & Tobago · 186 China · 180 Seychelles · 179 Martinique · 179 Argentina · 144 Palau · 143 Puerto Rico · 118 Côte d’Ivoire · 113 Congo - Kinshasa · 108 Grenada · 108 Taiwan · 107 Namibia · 102 Sri Lanka · 100 Venezuela · 100 St. Vincent & Grenadines · 95 Uganda · 89 Dominica · 85 Tanzania · 85 Guyana · 84 Suriname · 82 Belize · 80 St. Lucia · 74 Central African Republic · 73 Guam · 73 Japan · 69 Barbados · 68 Unknown Region · 66 Gabon · 63 Haiti · 59 Jamaica · 58 U.S. Virgin Islands · 54 Vietnam · 50 Cameroon · 48 Paraguay · 48 Curaçao · 43 Zimbabwe · 42 St. Kitts & Nevis · 41 Bolivia · 38 Nigeria · 38 Vanuatu · 37 Gambia · 33 Tonga · 33 New Caledonia · 31 Northern Mariana Islands · 30 Hong Kong SAR China · 29 Antigua & Barbuda · 28 Myanmar (Burma) · 28 Samoa · 26 Montserrat · 24 São Tomé & Príncipe · 20 Bahamas · 19 Tokelau · 18 Christmas Island · 17 Zambia · 17 Bermuda · 15 Liberia · 14 El Salvador · 13 Anguilla · 11 Micronesia · 11 Equatorial Guinea · 11 Rwanda · 11 British Virgin Islands · 10 American Samoa · 9 Congo - Brazzaville · 9 France · 9 Marshall Islands · 9 Niue · 9 Turks & Caicos Islands · 8 Botswana · 6 St. Martin · 6 French Polynesia · 6 Aruba · 5 Senegal · 5 Cocos (Keeling) Islands · 4 Togo · 4 St. Barthélemy · 3 Eswatini · 3 Wallis & Futuna · 3 Benin · 2 Canada · 2 Czechia · 2 Algeria · 2 Timor-Leste · 2 Sint Maarten · 2 Germany · 2 Burundi · 1 Brunei · 1 Caribbean Netherlands · 1 Ethiopia · 1 Guinea-Bissau · 1 Cambodia · 1 Laos · 1 Netherlands · 1 Nepal · 1 Sierra Leone · 1 Chad · 1
Est. Biol. Las Cruces, Costa Rica 08/07/2026 · 1250 m · J. Longino · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
4km ENE Golfito, Costa Rica 05/07/2026 · 80 m · J. Longino · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
4km ENE Golfito, Costa Rica 04/07/2026 · 130 m · J. Longino · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
4km ENE Golfito, Costa Rica 04/07/2026 · 130 m · J. Longino · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Hong Kong SAR China 11/06/2026 · benjonion · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 11/06/2026 · Connor Gordon · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Colombia 08/06/2026 · cristian montenegro · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
India 07/06/2026 · ZEPHYNE · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
French Guiana 05/06/2026 · luzluz · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Guam 05/06/2026 · Female · Alfred Daniel J · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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