Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Additional images: worker mesosoma dorsal view (small, large); metasoma dorsal view (small, large).
Range
Costa Rica (Osa Peninsula).
Identification
Antennae 11-segmented; in lateral view, dorsal and ventral margins of fourth abdominal segment convex; pilosity relatively long, giving a scruffy appearance; dorsum of third abdominal segment with a glassy, dimpled look, puncta shallow and partially effaced; dorsum of fourth abdominal segment with puncta effaced posteriorly, forming shallow crescents; face and pronotal dorsum with dense, finely spaced puncta.
Natural History
This species is known from one specimen from a Winkler sample from Rancho Quemado on the Osa Peninsula, in lowland rainforest habitat.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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