Pyramica paradoxa Bolton 2000
Dacetini, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Range
Costa Rica: Atlantic lowlands.
Identification
Mandible relatively short and curved downward; leading edge of the scape lacking projecting hairs; propodeum unarmed, although with a lamella extending up posterior face; face smooth and shining; color orange. Also see Bolton (2000:210).
Natural History
Members of the genus are all predaceous, with a static pressure mode of attack (Bolton 1999).
The single known specimen is from La Selva Biological Station. It was from a 10cm deep soil/litter core placed in a Berlese funnel. The soil core came from trap site 3 of the ALAS project, La Selva GIS 1498/1848 (along Hartshorn trail), a site with old-growth wet forest on alluvial soil.
Original Description
Pyramica paradoxa Bolton 2000:210, fig. 145, 183. Holotype worker: Costa Rica, Heredia Prov., La Selva Biological Station, 50-150m, 10 degrees 26'N, 84 degrees 01'W, 1.iii.1994, B/03/411, INBIOCRI001259868 (Project ALAS) [BMNH].
Literature Cited
Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 33:1639-1689.
Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini, with a revision of the Strumigenys species of the Malagasy Region by Brian L. Fisher, and a revision of the Austral epopostrumiform genera by Steven O. Shattuck. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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