Rhopalothrix megisthmica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Basicerotini
Genus: Rhopalothrix
Species: Rhopalothrix megisthmica

Name

• Rhopalothrix megisthmica Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 313, figs. 1B, 2C, 3F, 9, 16

Holotype: CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0612564; worker; LLAMA Wm-B-03-1-05.

Type locality: GUATEMALA, Zacapa: 2 km SE La Union, 14.94460 −89.27726 ±57 m, 1550 m, 12 May 2009, cloud forest, ex sifted leaf litter.

Etymology: Referring to its similarity to Rhopalothrix isthmica, differing mainly in larger size.

References

• Longino, J.T.; Boudinot, B.E. 2013: New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 3616(4): 301–324. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1 Reference page.