Rasopone mesoamericana
Rasopone mesoamericana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Rasopone |
Species: | R. mesoamericana |
Binomial name | |
Rasopone mesoamericana Longino & Branstetter, 2020 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Mexico (Chiapas) to Costa Rica.
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Guatemala (type locality), Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
Biology
Castes
Phylogeny
Rasopone |
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Relationships among selected species of Rasopone by Longino & Branstetter (2020). Undescribed species included by Longino & Branstetter have been excluded here.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- mesoamericana. Rasopone mesoamericana Longino & Branstetter, 2020: 24, figs. 5, 12 (w.q.) GUATEMALA, MEXICO (Chiapas), HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 4 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Guatemala: Zacapa, 3.5 km. SE La Union, 14.95, -89.27±?, 1500 m., 6.vi.1991, RSA91-053, cloud forest, forest litter (R.S. Anderson); paratypes with same data but 4.vi.1991, RSA91-050.
- Type-depositories: California Academy of Sciences (holotype); Museum of Comparative Zoology, University of California, Davis, National Museum of Natural History, Colección de Artrópodos (paratypes).
- Distribution: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.