Strumigenys sevesta Bolton ms

This manuscript name is a conditional proposal by B. Bolton (sensu Article 15 of the 1985 ICZN), and thus not made available here. Its appearance here or in any duplication of this page does not constitute publication (sensu Article 8 of the 1985 ICZN).

Dacetini, Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia

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

25 July 1997

Identification

Apical fork of mandible with one intercalary tooth; mandible with no preapical teeth; gaster smooth and shining; gaster with erect, linear, somewhat stiffened setae.

Head length 0.736mm, mandible length 0.452mm, head width 0.605mm, CI 82, MI 61 (n=1).

Similar species: micretes, ludia.

Range

Costa Rica (mid-elevation Atlantic slope).

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..."

sevesta occurs in cloud forest and mid-elevation montane forest down to 300m.

Selected Records

Winkler samples from Braulio Carrillo National Park at 300m, Penas Blancas Valley, and Monteverde (where it is relatively common).

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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