Ecitoninae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Range
Costa Rica: Atlantic and southern Pacific lowlands, Central Valley.
Identification
Posterior face of propodeum straight, not concave, shorter than dorsal face; eye absent; katepisternum and side of propodeum largely smooth and shining; anteroventral margin of petiole lacking tooth.
Natural History
One collection of this species was from Sirena in Corcovado National Park. This is a lowland rainforest site. At 0600hrs, a column was crossing a trail and entering a hole in the ground. The end of the column disappeared down the hole as I watched. A second collection was workers obtained in a Malaise trap sample at the 500m site (El Ceibo) on the Barva transect in Braulio Carrillo National Park. The type specimens were collected near San Josˇ in the early 1900's.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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