Adelomyrmex brenesi Longino, 2006

Longino, John T., 2012, A review of the ant genus Adelomyrmex Emery 1897 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Central America, Zootaxa 3456, pp. 1-35 : 15

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scientific name	Adelomyrmex brenesi Longino, 2006
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Adelomyrmex brenesi 2006: 132 , figs. 1–3. Holotype worker: Costa Rica, Heredia Prov., 6 km ENE Vara Blanca (10° 11' N, 84° 07' W), 2000 m elevation, 13. III.2002, (Project ALAS) [specimen code JTLC000003382] [INBio] (examined).

Geographic range. Costa Rica.

Biology. This species is still only known from the material reported in Longino (2006). It is a montane endemic, known only from the peak of Volcan Barva. This is a forested mountaintop of relatively small area in the Cordillera Volcánica Central of Costa Rica. Adelomyrmex brenesi is restricted to a narrow elevation range at the very top of the peak, around 2000 m, and does not occur at lower elevations ( Longino & Colwell 2011). In a quantitative inventory at this site, it occurred in 13 of 150 miniWinkler samples. This is a species clearly in danger of mountaintop extinction due to climate change ( Colwell et al. 2008).

References

Colwell, R. K., Brehm, G., Cardelus, C. L., Gilman, A. C. & Longino, J. T. (2008) Global warming, elevational range shifts, and lowland biotic attrition in the wet tropics. Science, 322, 258 - 261.

Longino, J. T. (2006) New species and nomenclatural changes for the Costa Rican ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten, 8, 131 - 143.

Longino, J. T. & Colwell, R. K. (2011) Density compensation, species composition, and richness of ants on a neotropical elevational gradient. Ecosphere, 2, art 29. Available from: http: // www. esajournals. org / toc / ecsp / 2 / 3

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FIGURE 21. Distribution of material examined in this study: Adelomyrmex anxiocalor sp. nov., A. betoi, A. bispeculum sp. nov., A. brenesi, A. laevigatus, A. mackayi, A. marginodus sp. nov., A. metzabok sp. nov., A. micans, A. microps, A. minimus, A. paratristani sp. nov., A. quetzal sp. nov., A. tristani.