Agroecomyrmecinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Line drawing from Brown and Kempf (click here).
Range
Mexico, El Salvador (type locality), Costa Rica, Colombia.
Identification
Body covered with moderately abundant long flexuous setae.
Natural History
I know this species primarily from Winkler samples of sifted litter from the forest floor. I have seen collections from three sites on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica: La Selva Biological Station, 1100m on the Barva Transect in Braulio Carrillo National Park, and at 800m in the Penas Blancas Valley east of Monteverde (where it appears to be sympatric with Tatuidris JTL-001). All collections have been from mature wet forest.
Comments
One specimen from La Selva Biological Station (specimen code INB0003678143) has the erect hairs reduced to a sparse short stubble, thus approaching the condition of Tatuidris JTL-001.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
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