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Species: Pseudomyrmex fervidus (Smith, 1877)

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: fervidus

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Pseudomyrma fervida Smith, 1877b PDF: 65 (w.) MEXICO. Neotropic. Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: (no further data). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 218

Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 56; Forel, 1899b PDF: 97; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 218; Bolton, 1995b: 372.

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic, Neotropical

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in 2nd growth seasonal dry forest, 1 times found in coffee plantation, 1 times found in lowland wet forest, 1 times found in cultivated land (former rainforest), 1 times found in tropical rainforest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times nest in live stem Fabaceae, 1 times beating vegetation, 1 times on low vegetation, 2 times in rotten, not live branches of 40 ft.15 yr. old Tabebuia pentaphylla, 2 times ex Epidendrum lionepianum, 1 times ex Cordia alliodora, 1 times Malaise trap, 1 times loose in vegetation, 1 times bombac, tree trunk, 1 times 80 ft. tree, Cayo's potrero, 6ft. up trunk.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times search, 1 times Beating, 1 times beating vegetation, 1 times Malaise trap.

Elevations: collected from 10 - 800 meters, 298 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1911-12-27 00:00:00.0 and 2016-07-01 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Pseudomyrmex fervidus: casent0902922

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