Adelomyrmex minimus Fernández

Longino, John T., 2012, A review of the ant genus Adelomyrmex Emery 1897 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Central America, Zootaxa 3456, pp. 1-35 : 24

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scientific name	Adelomyrmex minimus Fernández
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Adelomyrmex minimus Fernández in Fernández & MacKay, 2003

Figure 21

Adelomyrmex minimus Fernández in Fernández & MacKay, 2003: 602. Hο 1 οtype wοrker∶ Cοsta Rȋca̓ Puntarenas∶ Rȋncόn̓ ȋn the stomach of Dendrobates granuliferus ( CRE 705) [ LACM] (not examined). See also: Fernández, 2003: 24.

Geographic range. Costa Rica.

Comments. This species is still known only from the holotype. It is apparently a Pacific slope version of the Atlantic slope A. foveolatus , differing only in the smaller eyes and perhaps smaller size. But these are both traits that vary, and sample sizes are insufficient to assess morphological distinctness.

References

Fernandez, F. & MacKay, W. P. (2003) The myrmicine ants of the Adelomyrmex laevigatus species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology, 41, 593 - 604.

Abbreviations

CRE	University of Southern California
LACM	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Formicidae
Genus	Adelomyrmex

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