Gnamptogenys interrupta

Found in humid forests of lowlands and mountains (cloud forest). Taken from leaf litter samples and beneath bark of rotting logs on ground. (Lattke 1995)

Identification
A member of the mordax subgroup (in the mordax species group). Sublinear mandibles. Cephalic dorsum, mesosoma, and gastric tergum I with longitudinal costulate; gastric tergum II smooth; pleura also with smooth patches; metacoxal tooth absent. Body reddish brown; legs and antennae ferruginous. Lateral mesosomal costulate can be effaced to a variable degree and the second gastric segment can ocassionally have weak longitudinal costulae, medianly effaced. Declivitous propodeal face with longitudinal costulae and weakly developed anterolateral lobes. (Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  interrupta. Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys) interruptum Mayr, 1887: 543 (w.) no locality given ("ohne Vaterlandsangabe.....wohl jedenfalls aus Südamerika"). Wheeler, W.M. 1909b: 228 (q., MEXICO). Combination in Gnamptogenys: Mann, 1922: 3. See also: Brown, 1958g: 303; Lattke, 1995: 171.