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Taxonomic history
Found most commonly in these habitats: 5 times found in mixed tropical/temperate mesic forest, 1 times found in lowland wet forest, 1 times found in rainforest edge, 3 times found in 2º wet forest, 1 times found in secondary wet forest, 1 times found in shaded coffee, 1 times found in forest, 1 times found in mesophil forest.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 3 times beating vegetation, 2 times on low vegetation, 1 times ex dead twig of woody legume ("chipile"), 1 times ex dead twig Gliricidia sepium, 2 times on understory plants, 1 times ex dead twig of woody Asteraceae ("copalillo"), 1 times Malaise trap, 1 times ex dead twig of woody Asteraceae (copalillo), 1 times between leaves and stalk of Tillandsia.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times Beating, 3 times beating vegetation, 1 times beating vegetation (1 hour), 1 times beating vegetation (3 hours), 1 times Malaise, 1 times sweep, 1 times hand collecting.
Elevations: collected from 60 - 1700 meters, 745 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1953-04-17 00:00:00.0 and 2016-06-04 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Holotype of Pseudomyrmex distinctus: casent0902892; syntype of Pseudomyrma distincta pulchella: casent0902893, casent0907529
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