Formicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Above images are of holotype. Labels: click here.
Additional images: male genitalia, dorsal, lateral, ventral.
Range
This species is known only from its type locality in Costa Rica (La Selva Biological Station in the Atlantic lowlands).
Identification
Mandible with three teeth; basal tooth not enlarged, roughly triangular in shape; TL greater than 1.7mm; head width greater than 0.4mm; thoracic hairs largely appressed (except along posterior portion of pronotum which typically bears several erect hairs), short and sparse giving the thorax a bare appearance; antennae 9 segmented.
Natural History
The type series of this species is from La Selva Biological Station. Longino collected from a nest in the Arboretum, a small park-like clearing surrounded by mature rainforest. Galleries were discovered in clay soil about 10cm deep. There were workers and abundant adult males. The galleries were penetrated by fine plant roots on which were clustered many small, white, globose Coccoidea.
Page author:
John LaPolla, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA. lapolla@eden.rutgers.edu
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
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