Ecitoninae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Additional images: worker petiole (small, large).
Range
Costa Rica: Barva transect in Braulio Carrillo National Park, 300m.
Identification
The only member of the genus in Costa Rica. The genus is similar to Hypoponera, but with a fenestra on the anteroventral petiolar tooth. A fenestra is a circular thin spot, like a small window.
Natural History
I know this species from a single worker. It was in wet forest habitat, at 300m elevation on the Barva transect in Braulio Carrillo National Park. The worker was collected by the ALAS project, in a miniWinkler sample of sifted leaf litter from the forest floor.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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