Octostruma stenoscapa Palacio

Longino, John T, 2013, A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Zootaxa 3699, pp. 1-61 : 51-52

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3699.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6160213

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F0A59E89-5E2B-B347-E37E-BB83514097DE

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scientific name

Octostruma stenoscapa Palacio
status

 

Octostruma stenoscapa Palacio , 1997

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Octostruma stenoscapa Palacio 1997: 414, figs. 2D-F. Holotype worker: Colombia, Meta: Parque Nacional Natural La Macarena, La Curia, 580 m, 1987 (L. Schneider) [ICN, ICN-MHN-HY-3580] (not examined).

Geographic range. Panama, Colombia, Ecuador.

Description. Worker. Supplemental measurements to those reported in Palacio (1997): HW 0.50-0.56, HL 0.52-0.58, WL 0.59-0.69, CI 95-100 (n=4).

Biology. This species is now known from a range of habitats from central Panama to Ecuador. It has been collected in lowland rainforest, second growth forest, and cloud forest. Elevations range from near sea level to 1600 m.

Comments. This highly distinctive species has mandibles like Basiceros , unlike any other Octostruma species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Octostruma

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