Gnamptogenys rimulosa

Identification
Mandibles with small basal patch of costulae, rest smooth and shining; metacoxa with broad, basal lobe; petiolar node longitudinally costulate throughout; postpetiolar sternum smooth and shining. This species seems to be particularly close to Gnamptogenys regularis. Even though regularis workers lack the small laterobasal costulate area on the mandibles, females have it; there is a slight depression of the posterior mesosomal dorsum, vestigial propodeal lobes and totally longitudinal costulae on the node.(Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  rimulosa. Ponera rimulosa Roger, 1861a: 18 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys): Mayr, 1887: 541; Emery, 1896g: 52; in Gnamptogenys: Roger, 1863a: 174; Brown, 1958g: 229.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Lattke J. E. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4: 137-193