Species: Apterostigma chocoense

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Distribution:

Colombia (type locality), Costa Rica.

Biology:

Natural History:

The type series was collected in the Choc— region of Colombia, in bamboo (Lattke 1997).

Apterostigma chocoensis occurs in wet forest habitats throughout Costa Rica, from sea level to 1100m. Most collection records are from Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter from the forest floor. Ted Schultz found a colony at La Selva Biological Station. The nest was between leaves in the leaf litter. The fungus garden was a sponge cake-like disk between the leaves, with no envelope.

References:

Lattke, J. E. 1997. Revisi—n del gŽnero Apterostigma Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arq. Zool. (S‹o Paulo) 34:121-221.

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 14 times found in mature wet forest, 14 times found in montane wet forest, 2 times found in Primary wet forest, 3 times found in wet forest, 1 times found in SCH, 1 times found in LEP

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 11 times Winkler, 14 times Mini Winkler, 14 times miniWinkler

Elevations: collected from 50 - 1100 meters, 606 meters average

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