Rhopalothrix therion

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 therion

Name

• Rhopalothrix therion Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 318, figs. 1A, 2A, 3E, 13, 16

Holotype: USNM, CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0616292; worker; R.S.Anderson #2010-020.

Type locality: HONDURAS, Olancho: 9 km N Catacamas, 14.93693 -85.90535 ±20 m, 1360 m, 10 May 2010, mixed hardwood forest, ex sifted leaf litter.

Etymology: Referring to the fierce habitus and to the deep furrows and rugosities on the face and mesosoma.

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.