Stenamma tico

Stenamma tico is restricted to wet forest habitats from sea level to about 1500 m, being most abundant at mid elevations. Nests have never been collected of this species, with nearly all specimens coming from extracts of sifted leaf litter taken from the forest floor. Once at a site in Nicaragua I found a trail of workers migrating across a clay bank in montane wet forest. Although a nest site could not be found, the number of workers involved suggests that they were relocating the nest. The presence of S. tico on clay banks indicates that it may have biological characteristics very similar to the closely related Stenamma diversum, which is known to nest in clay bank environments. Stenamma tico has large, bulging eyes and it may be that it is more active at night than S. diversum.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.

Nomenclature

 *  tico. Stenamma tico Branstetter, 2013: 258, figs. 162-164 (w.q.) COSTA RICA.