Rhopalothrix atitlanica

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 atitlanica

Name

• Rhopalothrix atitlanica Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 310, figs. 1B, 2B, 3E, 7, 16

Holotype: CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0611854; worker; LLAMA #Wm-B-09-2-07.

Type locality: GUATEMALA, Suchitepéquez: 5 km S Volcán Atitlán, 14.54074 -91.18815 ±35 m, 1400 m, 18 Jun 2009, cloud forest, ex sifted leaf litter.

Etymology: Referring to the type locality.

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.