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Species: Eurhopalothrix zipacna   Longino, 2013 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Eurhopalothrix zipacna Longino, 2013 PDF: 146, figs 12B, 34, 35 (w.q.) HONDURAS. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki

Overview:

A cryptic inhabitant of cloud forest, in leaf litter and rotten wood on the forest floor, from Guatemala and Honduras.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Neotropical Region: Americas, Central America, Cortés, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Oaxaca, Petén, Veracruz, Zacapa

Distribution Notes:

Guatemala, Honduras.

Biology:

This species inhabits mature mesophyll cloud forest. It is known from 1290–1430 m elevation. Most specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted litter and rotten wood from the forest floor. One worker was collected at or near a bait on the ground. At the two cloud forest sites where it occurred, it was found in 3–7% of quantitative miniWinkler samples.

Identification:

Mandible with single tooth row; anterior process of labrum elongate, with deep narrow median cleft, forming pair of closely parallel, long, thin lobes; face with 18 specialized spatulate setae; promesonotum with 3 pairs spatulate setae; HW 0.78–0.85 (E. bolaui is smaller); base of propodeal spines narrow, abruptly meeting narrow infradental lamella (propodeal spines more broadly triangular in E. bolaui). Similar to E. bolaui.

Comments:

Zipacna was the Mayan demonic personification of the earth's crust.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 13 times found in mesophyll forest, 13 times found in lowland rainforest, 13 times found in 2ndary liquidambar forest, 11 times found in montane wet forest, 5 times found in mixed hardwood forest, 2 times found in cloud forest, 3 times found in liquidambar/cloud forest, 1 times found in tropical moist forest, 2 times found in mature wet forest, 1 times found in vegetated karst pinnacle, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 66 times ex sifted leaf litter, 1 times at bait.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 42 times MiniWinkler, 14 times MaxiWinkler, 10 times Winkler, 1 times Baiting.

Elevations: collected from 390 - 1430 meters, 1031 meters average

Type specimens: holotype Eurhopalothrix zipacna Longino 2013: casent0617561; paratype Eurhopalothrix zipacna Longino 2013: casent0639406, casent0639407, casent0639408, casent0639409



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