Discothyrea horni

Identification
Chaul (2020) reporting on differences between characters of Discothyrea bobi and D. horni, noted the following about this species: nine or eight antennal segments; integument entirely opaque; well-defined propodeal corners.

Distribution
Central America and northern South America.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 * . Discothyrea horni Menozzi, 1927c: 270, fig. 1 (q.) COSTA RICA.
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Costa Rica: San José (H. Schmidt).
 * Type-depository: DEIB.
 * Menozzi, 1931b: 261 (w.).
 * Status as species: Menozzi, 1931b: 261; Weber, 1939a: 99 (in key); Borgmeier, 1949: 206 (in key); Smith, M.R. & Wing, 1955: 107; Brown, 1958g: 253; Kempf, 1972a: 97; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Sosa-Calvo & Longino, 2008: 226; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 263; Escárraga, Longino & Sosa-Calvo, 2019: 686; Chaul, 2020: 207.
 * Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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