Zatania albimaculata (Santschi, 1930) Santschi, 1930

John S. Lapolla, Robert J. Kallal & Seán G. Brady, 2012, A new ant genus from the Greater Antilles and Central America, Zatania (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), exemplifies the utility of male and molecular character systems, Systematic Entomology 37, pp. 200-214 : 206

Zatania albimaculata (Santschi, 1930) , comb.n. [ Figs 4–7 (worker)]

Prenolepis gibberosa albimaculata Santschi, 1930: 81 (worker described). Type locality: Cuba: Piedra Gorda, Baracoa (depository of type specimens unknown). Fontenla, 2000: 81, raised to species (here confirmed).

Worker diagnosis. Head and mesosoma reddish brown, with darker gaster; head with scattered erect setae and only sparse pubescence; scapes with dense layer of short, erect setae; head cuticle slightly rugose; mesosoma with scattered short, erect setae and sparse pubescence; strong constriction immediately behind pronotum; dorsal face of propodeum convex with only very scattered erect setae and pubescence.

Measurements (n = 2): TL 2.20–2.40 mm; HW 0.66– 0.68 mm; HL 0.78–0.85 mm; EL 0.17–0.2 mm; SL 1.30– 1.40 mm; PW 0.42–0.47 mm; WL 1.43–1.47 mm; PrFL 0.98– 1.10 mm; PrFW 0.14 mm; GL 0.98–1.1 mm.

Indices: CI 80– 85; REL 22–23; SI 201–205.

Notes. Workers of this species most closely resemble Z. gibberosa with regards to coloration, but Z. albimaculata is smaller, less robust and possesses much less pilosity. We have not seen males of Z. albimaculata , but based on Fontenla (2000) there appears to be significant differences in male genitalic characters that also separate these two species. Fontenla (2000) reported that this species mostly forages in trees.