Species: Gnamptogenys minuta

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Distribution:

Belize to Brazil (Lattke 1992, 1995). Costa Rica: throughout.

References:

Emery, C. 1896. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XVII-XXV. Bolletino della Societa Entomologica Italiana 28:33-107, pl. 1.

Lattke, J. E. 1992. Revision of the minuta group of the genus Gnamptogenys. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 39:123-129.

Lattke, J. E. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4:137-193.

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 47 times found in mature wet forest, 37 times found in mesophyll forest, 34 times found in montane wet forest, 16 times found in tropical rainforest, 9 times found in cloud forest, 9 times found in ridgetop cloud forest, 8 times found in tropical wet forest, 5 times found in wet forest, 5 times found in lowland wet forest, 5 times found in 2º lowland rainforest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 110 times MiniWinkler, 61 times MaxiWinkler, 29 times Winkler, 11 times Mini Winkler, 3 times Berlese, 1 times Malaise, 1 times search, 1 times Sweeping

Elevations: collected from 15 - 1670 meters, 754 meters average

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