Ecitoninae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Range
Costa Rica: Atlantic slope at 1100m.
Identification
Posterior face of propodeum straight, not concave, as long or longer than dorsal face; eye without distinct convex cornea, reduced to yellow speck below cuticle; apex of scape does not exceed eye level; anteroventral tooth of petiole large and triangular; face with sparse small puncta; basal tooth of mandible moderate to small; mesosoma of largest worker greater than 1.2mm; propodeal suture impressed; dorsa of promesonotum and propodeum forming two separate convexities; petiole in lateral view somewhat pedunculate.
Similar species: N. swainsonii.
Natural History
This species is known from one collection. Workers were found in a Winkler sample from the 1100m site on the Barva transect in Braulio Carrillo National Park.
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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