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Octostruma stenoscapa Palacio

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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.

Notes

Published as part of Longino, John T, 2013, A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 3699 on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3699.1.1

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Palacio
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Octostruma
Species
stenoscapa
Taxon rank
species