Smithistruma studiosi (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

[schulzi has habitus images which may be similar to studiosi.]

6-segmented antenna; face punctate; sides of posterior half of mesosoma completely and densely punctulate; ventral petiolar spongiform appendages entirely obsolete; gaster with more than 10 erect, somewhat spoon-shaped setae; propodeal teeth broad at base and continuous with infradental lamellae; cephalic vertex with no differentiated standing hairs, just uniform ground-pilosity; pronotal humeri lack projecting hairs of any description (B. Bolton, pers. comm.).

Geography

Known from types collected in Costa Rica, "Sixaola River," by G. C. Wheeler.

Natural History

Presumed predaceous.

How to collect

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

Last modified: 03/04/1997