Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Identification
Minor worker: head length 0.91mm, head width 0.66mm, scape length 1.40mm, Webers length 1.30mm (n=1). Head elongate behind, with well developed vertex collar; promesonotal and metanotal grooves well impressed; propodeal spines absent; face, pronotum, and first gastral tergum smooth and shining; katepisternum and propodeum weakly 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: MEKOU221500. 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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