Smithistruma paradoxa Bolton manuscript name

Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia

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

4 March 1997

Identification
worker lateral view
worker face view

Approximately 1mm long; color red-brown; 6-segmented antenna; mandibles curving ventrally; face shiny. Barry Bolton of the British Museum is currently revising the genus Smithistruma, and this new species will be included in his revision.

Geography

Known from a single specimen from La Selva Biological Station, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.

Natural History

Unknown, but presumed predaceous.

How to collect

The single known specimen was from a 10cm deep soil/litter core placed in a Berlese funnel. The soil core came from trap site 3 of the ALAS project, La Selva GIS 1498/1848 (along Hartshorn trail), a site with old-growth wet forest on alluvial soil.

Page author: John T. Longino longinoj@evergreen.edu

Last modified: 03/04/1997