Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)
Overview:
A cryptic inhabitant of forest floor leaf litter and rotten wood; from cloud forest on Volcán Atitlán, Guatemala.
Distribution:
(based on species list records)
Neotropical Region: Americas,
Central America,
Guatemala,
Suchitepéquez
Distribution Notes:
Guatemala.
Biology:
Octostruma schusteri is known from cloud forest on the slopes of Volcán Atitlán, 1070–1400 m elevation, all from Winkler samples of sifted litter and rotten wood from the forest floor.
Identification:
Face lacking transverse arcuate carina; basal five teeth of mandible acute; apex of labrum bilobed; mesosomal dorsum and first gastral tergite lacking erect setae; HW > 0.80.
Comments:
The name is in honor of Jack Schuster, Entomologist at the Universidad del Valle, Guatemala.
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in riparian forest, 1 times found in cloud forest.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times ex sifted leaf litter.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 2 times MaxiWinkler.
Elevations: collected from 1070 - 1400 meters, 1125 meters average
Type specimens: holotype Octostruma schusteri Longino 2013: casent0611856; paratype Octostruma schusteri Longino 2013: casent0611871, casent0627368, casent0627369, casent0627370
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