Stenamma maximon

Stenamma maximon is an inhabitant of high elevation wet forest habitats (e.g. cloud forest, wet oak forest, hardwood forest, wet oak-pine forest), ranging from approximately 1700–2800 m elevation. When present, S. maximon workers are one of the most common components of the leaf-litter microenvironment, with most collections of the species made by sifting leaf litter from the forest floor. It has been collected also fairly commonly at cookie baits, suggesting that workers do forage epigeically some of the time. This is not surprising since S. maximon is a larger species of Stenamma. I have found only one nest of S. maximon, which was in a small log in leaf litter. A few stray workers have been collected also from underneath a rock. Given these observations, I would guess that S. maximon nests in wood in the leaf litter and forages both within the leaf litter and sometimes above it.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

Nomenclature

 *  maximon. Stenamma maximon Branstetter, 2013: 172, figs. 115-118 (w.q.) GUATEMALA.