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Species: Pseudomyrmex nigropilosus   (Emery, 1890) 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2018)

Pseudomyrma nigropilosa Emery, 1890c PDF: 62, pl. 5, fig. 24 (w.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Also described as new by Emery, 1894l PDF: 51.].
Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 453.
See also: Ward, 1993 PDF: 159.

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Neotropical

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 8 times found in tropical dry forest, 5 times found in dry forest, 1 times found in littoral vegetation.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 4 times ex live Acacia, 2 times ex Acacia hindsii, 1 times Nesting in Acacia cornigera., 3 times in ant acacia, 1 times ex swollen-thorn Acacia, 2 times ex Acacia collinsii, 1 times walking on Acacia hindsii sapling, 1 times oak forest; in ant acacia, 1 times Dry forest. On Acacia collinsii., 1 times Dry forest. Nest in two thorns on branch of Acacia collinsii., 1 times Acacia hinsii, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times search.

Elevations: collected from 10 - 840 meters, 83 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Pseudomyrmex nigropilosus: casent0904046



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