Citations:cupia

yellow ant historically (supposedly) eaten in South America (from Tupi)

 * 1849, William Blackwood, Journal of Sgriculture, page 333:
 * In seasons of scarcity, the Bushmen of the Orange River subsist, in great measure, upon ants and their larvae. Piso says, that in Brazil the abdomens of yellow ants, called cupia, are eaten by many persons; and also a large species, [...]
 * 1859, Peter Lund SIMMONDS, The Curiosities of Food: Or Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained from the Animal Kingdom, page 307:
 * Ants are eaten in many countries. In Brazil, the yellow ant, called cupia, and a larger species [...], are much esteemed, being eaten by the aborigines mixed with resin for sauce. In Africa, they are stewed with butter.
 * 1997, Zacharias Wagner, Cristina Ferrão, José Paulo Monteiro Soares, Dutch Brazil: The Thierbuch and Autobiography of Zacharias Wagener, page 216:
 * Perhaps a corruption of latin &quot;fucus&quot; (see note 261) or of &quot;cupia&quot;. According to Marcgrave (1648) and Piso (1658), this last name is a Tupi word for the winged stage of termites (Isoptera) or ants (Hymenoptera). Wagener&#39;s design appears in fact ...