Species: Megalomyrmex drifti
Author: John T. LonginoTaxonomic Hierarchy:
Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Megalomyrmex
Distribution:
Widespread in Neotropics from Brazil to Mexico. Costa Rica: throughout the country in the lowlands.
Biology:
Natural History:This species is known largely from samples of soil and leaf litter from the ground. I have collected workers and queens from Winkler and/or Berlese samples from Hitoy Cerere, La Selva, Rara Avis, Santa Rosa (Bosque humedo), Manuel Antonio, Osa Peninsula.
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)
drifti. Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961b: 504, figs. 9-11 (w.q.) SURINAM. Brandão, 1990: 448 (m.). See also: Kempf, 1970b: 362.
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