Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)
Overview:
A cryptic inhabitant of forest floor leaf litter and rotten wood; a rare species known from a single specimen from Honduras cloud forest.
Distribution:
(based on species list records)
Neotropical Region: Americas,
Central America,
Cortés,
Honduras
Distribution Notes:
Honduras.
Biology:
This is known from a single worker collected in mesophyll cloud forest at 1290 m elevation. The specimen was in a sample of sifted leaf litter from the forest floor.
Identification:
Basal five teeth of mandible acute; labrum triangular with straight, evenly converging sides, anterior lobes converging and confluent at apex, such that labrum apex is blunt but not distinctly bilobed; head very narrow, CI 94.
Comments:
The name refers to narrow head relative to other species.
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in mesophyll forest.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times ex sifted leaf litter.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times MiniWinkler.
Elevations: collected at 1290 m
Type specimens: holotype Octostruma leptoceps Longino 2013: casent0617645
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