Acanthognathus lentus

This species nests in rotten wood.

Identification
Fossae on posterior half of dorsum or head large, mostly contiguous or separated by single, simple longitudinal rugulae (Honduras; may be only a coarsely-sculptured variant of Acanthognathus ocellatus).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Guyana, Honduras.

Nomenclature

 * . Acanthognathus lentus Mann, 1922: 34, fig. 16 (w.q.) HONDURAS.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”), 1 syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Honduras: Progresso, ii-iii.1920, Cat.24455 USNM (W.M. Mann).
 * Type-depositories: MCZC, MZSP, USNM.
 * Status as species: Smith, M.R. 1944c: 150 (in key); Brown & Kempf, 1969: 95 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 9; Kempf, 1975a: 412; Brandão, 1991: 322; Bolton, 1995b: 53; Bolton, 2000: 16; Galvis & Fernández, 2009: 249 (in key); Sosa-Calvo, et al. 2010: 39 (in key).
 * Distribution: Brazil, Guyana, Honduras.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Alonso L. E. 2010. A preliminary survey of the ants of the Kwamalasamutu region, SW Suriname. In: OShea, B.J., L.E. Alonso, & T.H. Larsen, (eds.). 2011. A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Kwamalasamutu region, Southwestern Suriname. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 63. Conservation International, Arlington, VA.
 * Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
 * Brown W. L., and W. W. Kempf. 1969. A revision of the Neotropical dacetine ant genus Acanthognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche 76: 87-109.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Maes, J.-M. and W.P. MacKay. 1993. Catalogo de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 23.
 * Silva R.R., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2014. Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient. PLoSONE 9(3): e93049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093049
 * Sosa-Calvo J. 2007. Ants of the leaf litter of two plateaus in Eastern Suriname. In Alonso, L.E. and J.H. Mol (eds.). 2007. A rapid biological assessment of the Lely and Nassau plateaus, Suriname (with additional information on the Brownsberg Plateau). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 43. Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA.