Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Identification
Minor worker: Antenna with gradually enlarged, 5-segmented antennal club; clypeus with median keel; head rounded behind; face, mesosoma, and gaster largely smooth and shining; mesonotal suture weakly impressed; metanotal groove strongly impressed, posterior face perpendicular and meeting dorsal face of propodeum at right angle; scapes, face, mesosomal dorsum, and gaster covered with long flexuous setae; color red orange; HL 1.20, HW 1.03, SL 1.38, WL 1.62.
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: MEKOU221508. 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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