Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)
Distribution:
(based on species list records)
Neotropical Region: Americas,
Central America,
Guatemala,
Petén
Distribution Notes:
Guatemala.
Biology:
This species is known from one locality in the lowland Petén region of Guatemala. Specimens were collected in patchy moist forest, all from Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter and rotten wood. The species occurred in 7% of quantitative miniWinkler samples.
Identification:
Mandible with single tooth row; face with 14 or 16 specialized spatulate setae (anterior row 6 or 8, middle row 4, posterior row 4); ground pilosity of face spatulate, decumbent, weakly differentiated from specialized projecting setae, in discrete patches on posterolateral face, leaving median strip bare, anterior border of ground pilosity abrupt, at level of anterior row of specialized projecting setae, fading posterolaterally, becoming obsolete on vertex lobes; posteromedian vertex with shallow depression; promesonotum and first gastral tergite lacking specialized setae. Similar to
E. circumcapillum,
E. megalops,
E. ortizae,
E. oscillum,
E. schmidti,
E. semicapillum.
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 8 times found in tropical moist forest.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 8 times ex sifted leaf litter.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 7 times MiniWinkler, 1 times MaxiWinkler.
Elevations: collected from 390 - 400 meters, 391 meters average
Type specimens: holotype Eurhopalothrix machaquila Longino 2013: casent0614288; paratype Eurhopalothrix machaquila Longino 2013: casent0614291, casent0614311, casent0614315, casent0614347
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