Rhopalothrix megisthmica

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 megisthmica

Name

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  • Rhopalothrix megisthmica Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 313, figs. 1B, 2C, 3F, 9, 16
Holotype: CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0612564; worker; LLAMA Wm-B-03-1-05.
Type locality: GUATEMALA, Zacapa: 2 km SE La Union, 14.94460 −89.27726 ±57 m, 1550 m, 12 May 2009, cloud forest, ex sifted leaf litter.
Etymology: Referring to its similarity to Rhopalothrix isthmica, differing mainly in larger size.

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