Rhopalothrix apertor

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Formicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Basicerotini
Genus: Rhopalothrix
Species: Rhopalothrix apertor

Name

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  • Rhopalothrix apertor Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 309, figs. 1F, 2B, 3A, 6, 16
Holotype: USNM, unique specimen identifier CASENT0629589; worker; TEAM# AMI-2-W-033-01.
Type locality: COSTA RICA, Heredia: 7 km SW Pto Viejo, 10.40389 -84.03944 ±500 m, 160 m, 4 Mar 2005, mature wet forest, ex sifted leaf litter.
Etymology: The mandible looks like a bottle opener.

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