Simopelta laticeps

Beyond some habitat information (cloud forest) for the type specimen little is known about the biology of .

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Peru.

Habitat
Cloud forest zone on the west slope of a low Andean pass at 2000 m (Gotwald and Brown, 1966).

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 *  laticeps. Simopelta laticeps Gotwald & Brown, 1967: 273, figs. 15, 16 (w.) PERU. Combination in Belonopelta: Baroni Urbani, 1975b: 299; in Simopelta: Bolton, 1995b: 383. See also: Mackay & Mackay, 2008: 305.