Pseudomyrmex subtilissimus
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Pseudomyrmex subtilissimus (Emery 1890)
Pseudomyrma subtilissima Emery 1890:65. Lectotype worker, Alajuela, Costa Rica (Alfaro) (MCSN) [Examined],
Pseudomyrmex subtilissimus (Emery 1890); Kempf 1972:224.
Worker diagnosis. - A member of the P. subtilissimus group, and immediately distinguishable from all other acacia-associated Pseudomyrmex by its small size (HW <0.60), elongate head (Cl <0.66), apedunculate petiole, and scarcity of standing pilosity. See Ward (1989:432) for further discussion of this species.
Distribution and biology. - P. subtilissimus has been collected only in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. What little is known about its biology suggests that it is a timid, non-protective species living in the thorns of Acacia plants occupied by (declining?) colonies of P. flavicornis.
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.10150 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/5D2504842856413260C70E0149648476 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/A52491803AFB6AE181373E4234344558 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/125136794 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MCSN
- Scientific name authorship
- Emery
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Pseudomyrmex
- Species
- subtilissimus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- lectotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudomyrmex subtilissimus (Emery, 1890) sec. Ward, 1993
References
- Emery, C. 1890. Studii sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana 22: 38 - 80.
- Kempf, W. W. 1972. Catalogo abreviado das formigas da Regiao Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15: 3 - 344.
- Ward, P. S. 1989. Systematic studies on pseudomyrmecine ants: revision of the Pseudomyrmex oculatus and P. subtilissimus species groups, with taxonomic comments on other species. Quaestiones Entomologicae 25: 393 - 468.