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Dacetini, Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Range
Costa Rica (known from one specimen from agricultural area near Guapiles).
Identification
Apical fork of mandible with one intercalary tooth; right mandible with one acute preapical tooth near apical fork, left mandible without preapical tooth; propodeal spines long, well developed; first gastral tergum mat, finely and densely striatopunctate on anterior third, remainder finely and densely punctate; first gastral tergum with abundant long, stiff, clavate setae, separated by a distance subequal to their length.
HL 0.78mm, ML 0.53, CI 85, MI 67 (n=1).
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..."
I know this species from one specimen, a worker collected by Bob Matlock, in an intercept trap in an agricultural area near Guapiles.
Literature Cited
Brown, W. L., Jr., Wilson, E. O. 1959. The evolution of the dacetine ants. Quart. Rev. Biol. 34:278-294.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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