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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Neotropical

Distribution Notes:

The species has a large range from Central America (Belize, Honduras and Panama) southwards probably throughout tropical South America. It has not been recorded from Costa Rica.

Biology:

Natural History:

Acropyga smithii is known to inhabit rainforests and cacao plantations. It occurs in the soil and litter; Weber (1944) reported nests from red clay soils down to a depth of 7.5 cm. Queens have been recorded from under the bark of a rotten log. Weber (1944) reported that at least two queens were found in one nest, indicating that this species may be polygynous. Winged reproductives have been collected from January-May.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 51 times found in tropical rainforest, 30 times found in mature wet forest, 11 times found in 2º tropical rainforest, 12 times found in tropical wet forest, 6 times found in 2º lowland tropical rainforest, 4 times found in montane wet forest, 2 times found in wet forest, 1 times found in disturbed tropical wet forest, 1 times found in old cacao plantation, 1 times found in 1º tropical rainforest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 113 times ex sifted leaf litter, 4 times nest in clay bank, 3 times Hojarasca, 1 times Ex hojarasca, 1 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 1 times in excavated soil of clay bank, 1 times in chambers in shallow clay soil. Abundant alate queens, males. Some tiny Hemiptera crawlers in collection..

Collected most commonly using these methods: 95 times MiniWinkler, 17 times MaxiWinkler, 6 times search, 3 times Mini Winkler, 1 times Winkler.

Elevations: collected from 20 - 1350 meters, 316 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1985-08-14 and 2020-02-12

Type specimens: Holotype of Acropyga smithii: casent0903181

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