Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Range
Guatemala to Bolivia. Costa Rica: Atlantic slope rainforest.
Identification
Small black species; mesosomal dorsum setose; no carina between mandible and eye; orifice of propodeal spiracle circular, not slit shaped (note that other species may have a circular boss around the spiracular orifice, but orifice itself is slit-shaped); scapes barely attaining margin of vertex; petiole scale-shaped, tapering dorsally; ventral process of petiole an even convex curve; erect setae projecting from sides of head; dorsal and lateral faces of pronotum continuous, not differentiated; anteromedian margin of clypeus triangular, lacking a short spine.
Natural History
This species inhabits rainforest litter. I know it from one specimen, from a Winkler sample from Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve.
Type Data
Euponera (Mesoponera) pergandei Forel 1909:245.
Literature Cited
Forel, A. 1909. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:239-269.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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