Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Additional images: worker gaster, dorsal view (small, large).
Range
Costa Rica: northern Pacific lowlands.
Identification
Minor worker: head length 0.57mm, head width 0.50mm, scape length 0.60mm, Webers length 0.68mm (n=1). Head rounded behind, with weak median indentation; mesonotal suture weakly impressed; propodeal spines moderately long, spiniform; face and mesosoma uniformly foveolate; first gastral tergum mat, not shining; dorsal pilosity sparse (about 8 setae on promesonotum), short, stiff; like punctatissima but with long appressed pilosity on gaster in addition to erect setae; color dark brown.
Similar species: punctatissima.
Natural History
I know this species from a single collection from Sector Murcielago of Santa Rosa National Park. I collected an adult worker as prey of Neivamyrmex alfaroi.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
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