Mycetomoellerius haytianus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Haiti. This speces is also found in the Dominican Republic.

Biology
The nest entrance opened directly on the surface of the ground and was not surrounded by a crater.

Nomenclature

 *  haytianus. Atta (Trachymyrmex) jamaicensis subsp. haytiana Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 41, fig. 18 (w.) HAITI. Combination in Trachymyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 253. Raised to species: Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007: 6.

Worker
Length: 3.5-4 mm.

Differing from the typical form in having the anterior spines or tubercles on the posterior corners of the head shorter, in having a well-developed, pointed median tubercle on the pronotum and in coloration, the body being entirely black, with the exception of the mandibles, funiculi, articulations of the legs and tarsi beyond the first joint, which are red.

Type Locality Information
Described from several workers taken from a single colony in a canyon near PetionviIle.