Rhopalothrix subspatulata

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 subspatulata

Name

• Rhopalothrix subspatulata Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 316, figs. 1D, 2D, 3B, 4, 12, 16

Holotype: LACM, INBio, unique specimen identifier INBIOCRI001259541; worker; ALAS #B/05/381.

Type locality: COSTA RICA, Heredia: La Selva Biological Station, 10.43333 -84.01667 ±1.5 km, 50 m, 1 Feb 1994, rainforest, ex Berlese of litter and soil.

Etymology: Referring to the sparse spatulate setae on the gaster.

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.