Rhopalothrix nubilosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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 nubilosa

Name

• Rhopalothrix nubilosa Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 314, figs. 1D, 2D, 3C, 10, 16

Holotype: CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0629594; worker; ALAS #15/WF/02.

Type locality: COSTA RICA, Heredia: 10 km NE Vara Blanca, 10.23696 -84.11983 ±125 m, 1500 m, 9 Mar 2005, montane wet forest, second growth, vegetation only about 4 m high, ex sifted leaf litter.

Etymology: Referring to the cloud forest habitat.

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.