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Dacetini, Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.
15 August 1997
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Identification
Apical fork of mandible with no intercalary teeth; mandible with no preapical teeth; postpetiole small, its dorsum densely punctulate and opaque; setae on gaster flagelliform, bent, but relatively short and stout compared to elongata; propodeal spines relatively larger than elongata.
Head length 0.67mm, mandible length 0.40, CI 75, MI 60 (n=1).
Similar species: elongata, consanii, precava.
Range
Venezuela, Costa Rica. Costa Rica: Atlantic and southern Pacific lowlands.
Natural History
Brown and Wilson (1959) summarize the genus as follows:
"Widespread in tropics and warm temperate areas. Primarily forest-dwelling; some species occur in grassland and arid scrub. ... Nests mostly in soil and rotting wood; a few species live in arboreal plant cavities in tropical rain forest. Foraging hypogaeic to epigaeic-arboreal. Food: most species are collembolan feeders; a few are polyphagous predators or occasionally feed on sugary substances..."
This species inhabits wet forest leaf litter.
Selected Records
Winkler or Berlese samples from Turrialba, Hitoy Cerere, Carara (500m).
Literature Cited
Brown, W. L., Jr., Wilson, E. O. 1959. The evolution of the dacetine ants. Quarterly Review of Biology 34:278-294.
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