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This is a genus of tiny attines that occurs throughout the mainland Neotropics, from Mexico to Argentina (Kempf 1972). The genus is in taxonomic disarray, with considerable variation and no clear understanding of species boundaries. There are 28 described species and subspecies with type localities scattered across the range, but there has never been a synthetic taxonomic revision. Species with type localities near Costa Rica are:
Myrmicocrypta dilaceratum Forel 1885. MEXICO
Myrmicocrypta ednaella Mann 1922. HONDURAS
Myrmicocrypta godmani Forel 1899. NICARAGUA
Myrmicocrypta subnitida Forel 1899. PANAMA
Myrmicocrypta triangulata Forel 1912. GUATEMALA
Jeffry Sossa, a student working with Ted Schultz at the Smithsonian, is working on this group. I have loaned him all of my specimens and at this point cannot provide any information on species-level identification in Costa Rica.
Literature Cited
Kempf, W. W. 1972. Catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15:3-344.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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