Neivamyrmex JTL-001 Longino ms

Ecitoninae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia

worker face view

worker lateral view

Range

Costa Rica: Cordillera de Guanacaste.

Identification

Posterior face of propodeum straight, not concave, shorter than dorsal face; eye absent; katepisternum and side of propodeum with distinct punctate sculpture; anteroventral margin of petiole with small tooth.

Natural History

I know this species from a single worker. It was a single worker under a moss mat on a recent treefall, in the stunted forest on Cerro Pedregal, near Estacion Cacao, Guanacaste Conservation Area.


Page author:

John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu


Date of this version: 14 July 2005.
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