Rasopone rupinicola (MacKay and MacKay)

Longino, John T. & Branstetter, Michael G., 2020, Phylogenomic Species Delimitation, Taxonomy, and ‘ Bird Guide’ Identification for the Neotropical Ant Genus Rasopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (2), No. 1, pp. 1-33 : 26-27

Rasopone rupinicola (MacKay and MacKay)

( Fig. 13 ; Supp Figs. S30 and S31 [online only])

Pachycondyla rupinicola MacKay and MacKay, 2010: 504 , figs. 94, 96, 205, 309, 627–631. Holotype worker, paratype queen, male:

Colombia, Valle : Mun. Buenaventura, 4.5 km above R. Aguaclara on old rd. to Cali, 17–19 June 1971 (W. L. Brown, S. Chaplin, R. B. Root, C. Pearson) [MCZC] (examined).

Rasopone rupinicola: Schmidt and Shattuck, 2014: 210 .

Geographic range. Panama, Colombia.

Measurements, worker: HW 1.70, HL 1.95, SL 1.80, CI 87, SI 106 (n = 1).

Comments

This species is much larger than all but one Central American species ( R. titanis from Chiapas, Mexico), with larger eyes and longer scapes. W. L. Brown and colleagues made multiple collections from a lowland wet forest area in southwestern Colombia, ~ 300 m elevation. One label says ‘rocky wet quebrada’. A disjunct collection is from Cerro Campana, a cloud forest site in Panama, 975 m elevation.

Figures

Fig. 13. Distribution map,face view,and lateral view of petiole of Rasopone cubitalis (holotype worker),R.titanis (worker,Mexico,Chiapas,MCZ-ENT00716640), R.breviscapa (holotype queen),and R.rupinicola (worker,Colombia,face view MCZ-ENT00716589,petiole CASENT0217567).On distribution maps,red dots are sites with UCE sequence data. Red boxes are type locality.