Probolomyrmex brujitae

The two type specimens were collected by Winkler bags of sifted leaf litter from a secondary Yungas forest.

Identification
Agosti (1994) - This species is easily recognized by its small size, the fine sculpture, and the shape and color of the ventral petiolar process which is the same as the one of the petiolar tergite.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  brujitae. Probolomyrmex brujitae Agosti, 1995: 433, figs. 5, 6, 9, 10, 14 (w.q.) ARGENTINA.

Description
The species was not described beyond some measurements, as noted below, and a short diagnostic section (see identification section above).

Worker
HL 0.60, HW 0.36, SL 0.35, TL 0.81, CI 60, SI 99, (1 examined).

Queen
HL 0.57, HW 0.35, SL 0.35, TL 0.85, CI 62, SI 100, (1 examined).

Type Material
Holotype 1 worker, Argentina, Jujuy, Aguas Blancas-Yaculica (Argentinian-Bolivian Frontier), 22°43'44"S 64°22'25"W, 460 m, 25 October 1994, D. Agosti & J. M. Carpenter, Winkler sample, leaf litter, Yungas forest. Holotype deposited in. Paratype 1 female, same Winkler sample as holotype. Deposited at Instituto Miguel Lillo Tucuman.