Protalaridris punctata

This species, along with Protalaridris bordoni, are presently only known from the cloud forests in the vicinity of the Estación Biológica of the Universidad Central de Venezuela in the Coastal Mountains of Venezuela. Most specimens of this species come from a single 1m2 leaf litter sample taken at 1225 m during a study of ant diversity in the Rancho Grande cloud forest (Lattke & Riera, 2012). The same field work uncovered a dealate queen in a soil sample taken at an altitude some 200 m higher.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  punctata. Protalaridris punctata Lattke, in Lattke et al., 2018: 288, figs. 9a-d (w.q.) VENEZUELA.