Species: Acropyga palaga LaPolla, 2004

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Acropyga
Species: palaga

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Acropyga palaga LaPolla, 2004 PDF: 54, figs. 22, 41, 47, 48, 50 (w.m.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Neotropical Region: Americas, Central America, Costa Rica, Limón

Distribution Notes:

This species has only been collected from two localities, both in Costa Rica (Alajuela and Estrella Valley [type locality]).

Biology:

The type series was collected by W. M. Mann in 1924, in Valle de Estrella. Mann was probably collecting in lowland rainforest near the extensive banana plantations at Valle de Estrella.

Identification:

See under A. exsanguis.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Elevations: collected at 50 m

Type specimens: paratype Acropyga palaga: jtlc000005436

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