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Taxonomic history
Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador. Costa Rica: lowland rainforest on the Atlantic slope and the Osa Peninsula.
This species prefers rainforest habitats. I most often encounter it as workers in recent treefalls or on low vegetation. I have seen two nests, both in dead stems:
Nest in 11mm diameter dead stick in Acacia ruddiae tree.
Nest in a hollow twig, 26cm long, 4mm outside dia., 2mm inside dia. The top had been broken off. Soldiers were on top, nearest the entrance, and a group of three blocked the mouth of the nest and slowly moved backwards as I broke open the nest. Nest contents were 93 minors (including callows), 10 majors, 26 pupae, 10 large larvae, and small brood.
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Found most commonly in these habitats: 6 times found in lowland wet forest, 1 times found in river floodplain, 5 times found in lowland rainforest, 4 times found in montane wet forest, 3 times found in tropical moist forest, 1 times found in wet forest, 1 times found in moist forest, 2 times found in rainforest edge, 1 times found in roadside edge, 1 times found in Primary forest and second growth habitats, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 8 times beating vegetation, 1 times in dead stick, 1 times nest in dead stick, 1 times ex dead twig, 2 times in fresh treefall, 1 times ex swollen-thorn Acacia, 1 times Cordia alliodora, 1 times strays, 1 times recent treefall, 1 times on low vegetation, 1 times nocturnal foragers, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 8 times Beating, 8 times search, 3 times Malaise, 2 times Foggin, 1 times FIT, 1 times MiniWinkler, 1 times mostly beating vegetation, some hand collections from treefall.
Elevations: collected from 10 - 1760 meters, 315 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1910-03-01 00:00:00.0 and 2015-07-12 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Cephalotes porrasi: casent0912610, casent0912611