Sericomyrmex urichi

A single worker taken at an altitude of 3500 ft. in the Sierra de Purial, north of Imias, in leaf mold. This minute ant was previously known only from the type specimens collected in nests of the Guacharos (Steatornis), in a cave in Trinidad. Very recently Prof. A. S. Pearse has sent me two specimens which he found on bat guano in a cave in Yucatan. Its occurrence in leaf-mold in Cuba is not surprising since other minute cave-insects are known to live occasionally in similar situations, but we should expect it to be more abundant in some of the many bat-infested caves of the island. (Wheeler 1937)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Cuba, Guadeloupe, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 *  urichi. Sericomyrmex urichi Forel, 1912e: 193 (w.) TRINIDAD. Current subspecies: nominal plus maracas.