Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Basicerotini
Genus: Rhopalothrix
Species: Rhopalothrix nubilosa

Name

  • Rhopalothrix nubilosa Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 314, figs. 1D, 2D, 3C, 10, 16
Holotype: CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0629594; worker; ALAS #15/WF/02.
Type locality: COSTA RICA, Heredia: 10 km NE Vara Blanca, 10.23696 -84.11983 ±125 m, 1500 m, 9 Mar 2005, montane wet forest, second growth, vegetation only about 4 m high, ex sifted leaf litter.
Etymology: Referring to the cloud forest habitat.

References

  • Longino, J.T.; Boudinot, B.E. 2013: New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 3616(4): 301–324. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1 Reference page. 
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