Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Range
Mexico (Chiapas).
Identification
This species is very like humilis but larger, darker, and with a more rounded apex to the petiolar node.
Natural History
Discothyrea are extremely small, cryptobiotic inhabitatants of forest leaf litter (see Genus Overview).
Bob Anderson collected these in Berlese samples of cloud forest leaf litter.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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