Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Identification
Minor worker: head length 0.49mm, head width 0.47mm, scape length 0.44mm, Webers length 0.58mm (n=1). Head flattened behind, shallowly excavate; mesonotal suture absent; propodeal spines moderately long, spiniform; face uniformly foveolate, abrupt transition to smooth and shiny undersurface of head; pronotum smooth and shining; propodeal dorsum smooth and shining; katepisternum foveolate around margins, smooth and shining medially; side of propodeum foveolate dorsally, smooth and shining ventrally; first gastral tergum smooth and shining; dorsal pilosity sparse, moderately long, flexuous; color orange.
Range
Costa Rica: Monteverde.
Selected Records
Monteverde: cloud forest; Winkler samples and baits.
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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