Species: Acanthognathus ocellatus
Author: John T. LonginoTaxonomic Hierarchy:
Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Acanthognathus
Distribution:
Brazil, Trinidad, Panama, Costa Rica. Costa Rica: widespread.
Biology:
Natural History:Inhabits lowland to lower montane wet and moist forest; nests have been observed in rotten twigs or small pieces of rotten wood on the forest floor, and under epiphytes; predaceous on small arthropods.
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)
ocellatus. Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887: 579 (w.) BRAZIL. Mann, 1916: 452 (q). See also: Brown & Kempf, 1969: 95; Bolton, 2000: 16.
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