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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Neotropical Region: Americas, Bolivia, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Demerara-Mahaica, Guanacaste, Guyana, La Paz, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puntarenas, South America, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

Distribution Notes:

Mexico, Costa Rica, Guyana, Brazil (RJ).

Biology:

Longino notes:

Kempf described this species from three queens: one a U.S. quarantine interception from Mexico, Puebla State, Huachinango, on bamboo poles; one a quarantine interception from Mexico (more detailed locality unknown), on orchids; and one from Brazil, State of Rio de Janeiro, Porto das Caixas. I collected workers of the species in Guyana, Rupununi, Karanambo. They were in a mixed-species collection of general foragers. Phil Ward collected workers in Costa Rica, Prov. Puntarenas, Carara Biological Reserve. It is clearly a rare species, or at least rarely collected, and nothing is known of its biology.

Identification:

Antennae 12-segmented; petiolar peduncle shorter than petiolar node; head oddly swollen, completely smooth and polished.

Notes:

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in secondgrowth rainforest, 1 times found in old field/pasture, 1 times found in tropical dry forest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times general collecting, 1 times workers on low vegetation.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 2 times search.

Elevations: collected from 30 - 900 meters, 288 meters average

Type specimens:

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