Smithistruma depressiceps (Weber 1934)

Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia

John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu

4 March 1997

Identification
worker lateral view
worker face view

Color red-brown; 6-segmented antennae; face punctate; sides of posterior half of mesosoma completely and densely punctulate; face and mesosoma with abundant, stiff, short setae (stubble); head elongate and strongly flattened in lateral view.

Geography

As of Kempf 1972 known from type specimen from Guyana and a second collection from Panama; here added two specimens from Costa Rica (300m, "Zona Protectora" of Braulio Carrillo National Park; 100m, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve).

Natural History

Inhabits wet forest floor. One worker observed foraging nocturnally. Presumed predaceous.

How to collect

This species is rare and/or difficult to collect. Costa Rican specimens include one from a sifted litter sample, another a nocturnal forager.

Page author: John T. Longino longinoj@evergreen.edu

Last modified: 03/04/1997