Gnamptogenys tortuolosa

Found nesting in rotten wood in humid forests and foraging in grassy or weedy areas.

Identification
A member of the sulcata complex (in the sulcata subgroup of the sulcata species group). Mandibles subtriangular; clypeal lamella laterally angular and medianly straight to softly concave; propodeum with transverse costulae; coxal tooth small sometimes shaped as a short lobe; tibiae, femora and scapes smooth and shining. Piceous body; legs and antennae ferruginous. (Lattke 1995)

Key to New World Gnamptogenys Species

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  tortuolosa. Ponera tortuolosa Smith, F. 1858b: 99 (w.) BRAZIL. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 134 (l.). Combination in Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys): Dalla Torre, 1893: 26; Emery, 1896g: 51; in Gnamptogenys: Mayr, 1886c: 358; Brown, 1958g: 230. Senior synonym of quitensis: Brown, 1958g: 230. See also: Lattke, 1995: 189.
 * quitensis. Gnamptogenys tortuolosa var. quitensis Forel, 1921b: 133 (w.) ECUADOR. Junior synonym of tortuolosa: Brown, 1958g: 230.