Adelomyrmex micans Fernández

Longino, John T., 2012, A review of the ant genus Adelomyrmex Emery 1897 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Central America, Zootaxa 3456, pp. 1-35 : 23-24

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scientific name	Adelomyrmex micans Fernández
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Adelomyrmex micans Fernández in Fernández & MacKay, 2003

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Adelomyrmex micans Fernández in Fernández & MacKay, 2003: 601. Holotype worker: Mexico, Chiapas: 5 km W San Cristobal, Cerro Huitepec, 2700 m, 14 Sep 1992 (R. S. Anderson No. 92-101) [ MCZC] (not examined). Paratype queen: Mexico, Chiapas, 4 km N Unión Juarez, Volcán Tacana, lower slopes, 2000 m, 19 Sep 1992 (R. S. Anderson No. 92-110). See also: Fernández, 2003: 23.

Geographic range. Southern Mexico to Honduras.

Biology. Adelomyrmex micans is a high elevation specialist inhabiting mature cloud forest from 1700–2700 m, usually above 2000 m. Most specimens are from sifted litter, and when present it occurs in 1–5 % of quantitative miniWinkler samples. Workers are occasionally encountered at baits. At a site in the Cordillera de Chiapas, LLAMA project participant D. J. Cox hand-collected a specimen 25 m high in a cloud forest tree, by searching under epiphytes.