Rhopalothrix apertor

Taxonavigation

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

• 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.

References

• Longino, J.T.; Boudinot, B.E. 2013: New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 3616(4): 301–324. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1 Reference page.