Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Identification
Minor worker: a robust version of tanyscapa and biolleyi; head length 1.01mm, head width 0.83mm, scape length 1.33mm, Webers length 1.40mm (n=1). Head slightly elongate behind, with narrow vertex collar; promesonotal and metanotal grooves well impressed; propodeal spines spiniform, long; face faintly foveolate, fading medially and toward vertex; pronotum and anterior portion of first gastral tergum similarly faintly foveolate; side of pronotum smooth and shining; dorsal face and sides of propodeum more uniformly foveolate; pilosity erect, abundant, of moderate length; color orange.
Range
Costa Rica (San Vito).
Natural History
Unknown.
Selected Records
This species is known from one specimen, collected as part of Mike Kaspari's Species Energy Theory project. The specimen data are:
Costa Rica: San Vito, Las Cruces BS, 8¡47'N 82¡58'W, July 1996, L and A Alonso, MEK54062.04. barcode: MEKOU221580. This specimen is currently at the MCZ collection, Harvard.
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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