Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Image catalogue of holotype worker, images by Rachelle Adams, University of Texas (click here).
Identification
Mandibles with large apical tooth, smaller subapical tooth, and 5-6 smaller denticles of more or less uniform size; eyes small, 5 facets in maximum diameter; epipetiolar carina complete; petiole with anteroventral tooth that is a transverse flange; color yellow.
Range
Costa Rica. Known only from the types from Zent.
Natural History
Megalomyrmex miri is known only from the types, which were collected by W. M. Mann in Zent, and had no biological data.
Literature Cited
Brand‹o, C. R. F. 1990. Systematic revision of the Neotropical ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of thirteen new species. Arquivos de Zoologia (Sao Paulo) 31:411-481.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
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