Rasopone JTL037

(Fig. 12; Supp Fig. S39 [online only])

Geographic range. Guatemala, El Salvador.

Diagnosis

Mandible striate; anterior clypeal margin truncate; side of head mostly bare, with a few erect setae posterior to eye; petiolar node subcuboidal. Three species are within geographic and size range of R. JTL037:

Rasopone ferruginea (Fig. 11; Supp Figs. S12 and S 13 [online only]): anterior clypeal margin sinuous; petiole more scale-like.

Rasopone mesoamericana (Fig. 12; Supp Figs. S19–S21 [online only]): petiolar node more scale-like.

Rasopone subcubitalis (Fig. 10; Supp Fig. S32 [online only]): scape shorter (mean SI 84 vs 92).

Measurements, worker: HW 1.41 (1.39–1.43, 2); HL 1.59 (1.58– 1.59, 2); SL 1.30 (1.28–1.32, 2); PTH 1.06 (1.04–1.08, 2); PTL 0.54 (0.53–0.55, 2); CI 89 (88–90, 2); SI 92 (92-92, 2); PTI 51 (51-51, 2).

Biology

This species is known from two specimens, one from a 1,550 m elevation cloud forest in Guatemala, and one from a 1,760 m cloud forest in El Salvador. The specimens are from Winkler and Berlese samples of forest floor litter and rotten wood.

Comments

There are no UCE data for this morphospecies. COI data from the Guatemala specimen place it on an isolated branch in Rasopone .