Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Identification
Minor worker: head length 0.62mm, head width 0.56mm, scape length 0.66mm, Webers length 0.74mm (n=1). Head somewhat flattened behind; promesonotum evenly arched, mesonotal suture absent; propodeal spines of moderate length; face faintly foveolate on anterior half to two thirds, smooth and shining posteriorly; pronotum smooth and shining; katepisternum, anepisternum, and propodeum foveolate; gaster smooth and shining; dorsal pilosity abundant, long, flexuous; color yellow.
Major worker unknown.
Range
Costa Rica: mid-elevation Talamancas.
Natural History
Inhabits wet forest leaf litter.
Selected Records
Winkler sample from Talamancas (Est. Biol. Pittier).
Page authors:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
Stefan Cover, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138 USA. scover@oeb.harvard.edu
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