Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Identification
Minor worker: head length 0.60mm, head width 0.57mm, scape length 0.55mm, Webers length 0.72mm (n=1). Head flattened behind; mesonotal suture weakly impressed to absent; propodeal spines medium length, erect; face and mesosoma punctatorugose; first gastral tergum smooth and shining; dorsal pilosity abundant, long, flexuous; color red brown or orange.
Range
Costa Rica, Honduras. Costa Rica: Monteverde, Braulio Carrillo at 1750m, Las Alturas.
Natural History
This species inhabits cloud forest leaf litter; occurs on the forest floor and in canopy soil in very wet cloudforest conditions.
Selected Records
Monteverde: 2 Winkler samples from canopy soil and one from forest floor in elfin forest.
Braulio Carrillo at 1750m: 1 Winkler sample.
Las Alturas.
Page authors:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
Stefan Cover, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138 USA. scover@oeb.harvard.edu
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