Acanthomyrmex mindanao

Identification
A member of the notabilis group. Minor Workers: Well developed small projecting lobes immediately on each side of medial hair on anterior margin of clypeus, funicular scrobes present. Major Worker: Postpetiole about as wide as long in dorsal view. Dorsum of head with large fovea.

Distribution
Found in Mindanao, Philippines and Sarawak, Malaysia.

PHILIPPINES: Lanao del Sur, Mindanao, MSU-Marawi (7°59'58.74N, 124°15'41.36E), 776 m, 24.iv.2010, coll. Malik Nagamora Jr., LSD Mindanao State University

Range
Poorly known, tropical forests

Habitat
Live under bark of logs

Abundance
Uncommon in collections.

Biology
Assumed majors crush seeds and defend the colony. The minors forage for seeds.

Foraging/Diet
Seeds

Colony Attributes
Small colony size, less than 50 workers.

Nesting Biology
Nest in logs on the ground.

Reproduction
Queens present.

Behavior
Unstudied

Genetics
No data

Morphology
Very large robust head of the majors.

Castes
Dimorphic ants with short, stocky majors and spiny minors.

Taxonomy
There are 16 species in the genus

Original Combination
Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett, 1986

Type Material
Holotype 1 minor. Paratypes: 4 minors and 1 major deposited in the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Type Locality Information
Mindanao, Davao Province, east slope of Mt. McKinley, 3,300 feet, lot 33, under bark, 30 August 1946 (F.G. Werner),

Etymology
The specific name is a noun in apposition after the type locality