Adelomyrmex foveolatus Fernández

Longino, John T., 2012, A review of the ant genus Adelomyrmex Emery 1897 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Central America, Zootaxa 3456, pp. 1-35 : 19

Adelomyrmex foveolatus Fernández in Fernández & MacKay, 2003

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Adelomyrmex foveolatus Fernández in Fernández & MacKay, 2003: 599, figs. 8A,B. Holotype worker: Costa Rica, Heredia: Estacȋόn Βȋο1όgȋca La Se1va̓ ₁Ο°26'N 8₄°ΟΟ'W̓ 5Ο m̓ ₁₄ Οct ₁99₁ ̓ sȋfted 1eaf 1ȋtter ȋn wet fοrest (J· Lοngȋnο #3Ο78­s) [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.

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FIGURE 22. Distribution of material examined in this study: Adelomyrmex dentivagans sp. nov., A. foveolatus, A. longinoi, A. myops, A. robustus, A. silvestrii. Occurrences of A. myops in the Galapagos and A. silvestrii in northern Mexico (Tamaulipas) not shown.