Figure 22
Adelomyrmex foveolatus Fernández in Fernández & MacKay, 2003: 599, figs. 8 A,B. Holotype worker: Costa Rica, Heredia: Estacȋόn Βȋο 1 όgȋca La Se 1 va̓ ₁ Ο° 26 'N 8 ₄ °ΟΟ'W̓ 5 Ο m̓ ₁ ₄ Οct ₁ 99 ₁ ̓ sȋfted 1 eaf 1 ȋtter ȋn wet fοrest (J· Lοngȋnο # 3 Ο 78 s) [specimen code INBIOCRI001237378] [INBio] (examined). Paratype queen: same locality as holotype, 2 Jul 1992 (J. Longino No. 3202 -s). See also: Fernández, 2003: 17.
Geographic range. Costa Rica.
Biology. This species occurs in lowland rainforest leaf litter. It is still known only from the type locality and vicinity, where it is extremely rare. At La Selva Biological Station it is known from six Winkler samples of sifted litter (less than 1 % of similar samples), each with one to three individuals. An additional specimen was collected at 500 m elevation on the slopes of Volcan Barva above La Selva.