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Hypoponera trigona cauta

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Neotropical Region: Alajuela, Americas, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Chiapas, Cochabamba, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Progreso, Guanacaste, Guatemala, Guatemala, Heredia, Itapúa, Limón, Mexico, Paraguay, Puntarenas, Santa Catarina, South America, Zacapa

Distribution Notes:

Paraguay: Itapúa, Ñeembucú

Comments:

J. Longino: In Costa Rica this species occurs throughout the country in a wide variety of habitats, from sea level to about 1000m elevation. Although most abundant in mature wet forest habitats, I have collected it in dry-forest riparian habitat at Finca La Pacifica in Guanacaste Province. The species occurs very often in Winkler samples of leaf litter from the forest floor. I rarely collect it by other means. At La Selva I found a nest in dead wood on top of large rotten log. At the Arenal Observatory Lodge I found a nest in rotten wood on the forest floor. At the Maritza Biological Station in Guanacaste Conservation Area workers came to honey/tuna baits on the ground.

Longino, 20 Jun 2014: For many years I used the morphospecies code Hypoponera JTL007 for this species.

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 62 times found in mature wet forest, 43 times found in montane wet forest, 36 times found in tropical rainforest, 33 times found in rainforest, 12 times found in lowland rainforest, 7 times found in wet forest, 3 times found in LOC, 2 times found in wet forest fragment, 2 times found in SSA, 1 times found in SHO 650 m., ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 148 times ex sifted leaf litter, 27 times Hojarasca, 11 times Camino toma de Agua, 5 times Wet forest. Ex sifted leaf litter., 7 times Cerca del Refugio Cascante, 3 times Alrrededor de trampa M/03, 1 times ex sifted leaf litter and rotten wood, 1 times Bosque Primario, Suelo, 3 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 1 times under epiphytes, 2 times Muestras tomada en el transecto de Mini Winkler #2, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 130 times miniWinkler, 41 times Winkler, 40 times Berlese, 23 times Mini Winkler, 9 times search.

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1800 meters, 228 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Ponera punctatissima trigona: casent0902571, casent0915871

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