Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
Range
Costa Rica: southern Pacific lowlands.
Identification
A species with no erect setae, like R. foreli, but with strongly arching promesonotum. Similar to drawing of R. prominula Kugler 1994, but with larger compound eyes.
Biology
Known from one specimen from Winkler sample, southern tip of Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica; mature wet forest leaf litter.
Literature Cited
Kugler, C. 1994. Revision of the ant genus Rogeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with descriptions of the sting apparatus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3:17-89.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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