Probolomyrmex cegua

Specimens of this species come from Reserva Natural Datanlí El Diablo, which is a patchy matrix of private coffee farms and primary and secondary cloud forests. The holotype was obtained from a sifted leaf-litter sample collected in a primary cloud forest, with many large oak trees and abundant tree ferns. The paratype was also found in a leaf litter sample from a montane wet forest, near coffee and agricultural clearings. Both localities are above 1300 meters of altitude.

Identification
Petiole unarmed; postero-ventral lobe short and evenly rounded; subpetiolar process weakly developed. Prora present; dorsal protuberance on posterior region of first gastral tergite absent.

Probolomyrmex cegua is similar to Probolomyrmex lamellatus, but has propodeal angles, absent in P. lamellatus, and the postero-ventral lobe of the petiole is rounded.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Nicaragua.

Nomenclature

 *  cegua. Probolomyrmex cegua Oliveira & Feitosa, 2019: 75, figs. 14, 15 (w.) NICARAGUA.

Type Material

 * Holotype: NICARAGUA: Jinotega: RN Datanlí El Diablo, 13.09543, -85.85804, 1310m, 20.v.2011, LLAMA, #Wm-D-04-2-03, (worker) [CASC, unique specimen identifier CASENT0629220].
 * Paratype: same data as holotype, except: 13.10974, -85.86772, 1440m, 18.v.2011, LLAMA, #Wa-D-04-1-35 (1 worker) [DZUP, unique specimen identifer CASENT0629183].