Rhopalothrix weberi

This species occurs in lowland wet to moist forest, from 200–575m elevation. The recent collections are all from Winkler samples of sifted litter and rotten wood on the forest floor. Among the Project LLAMA specimens, seven are dealate queens and only two are workers, mostly from separate samples. This could reflect subterranean habits of the workers, with new queens dispersing up into the litter layer. (Longino & Boudinot, 2013)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Cuba, Greater Antilles, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * wheeleri. Heptastruma wheeleri Weber, 1934a: 55, fig. 13 (w.) CUBA. Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 323 (q.). [Junior secondary homonym of Rhopalothrix wheeleri Mann, 1922: 43, above.] Replacement name: Rhopalothrix weberi Brown & Kempf, 1960: 234.
 *  weberi. Rhopalothrix weberi Brown & Kempf, 1960: 234. Replacement name for Heptastruma wheeleri Weber, 1934a: 55. [Junior secondary homonym of Rhopalothrix wheeleri Mann, 1922: 43.]

Additional References

 * Longino, J.T. & Boudinot, B.E. 2013. New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 3616, 301-324.