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Taxonomic history
ita (ForelHNS 1906).
Literature records: “Paraguay” (s. loc.) (Kempf 1972).
Found most commonly in these habitats: 9 times found in rainforest, 6 times found in edge of second-growth rainforest, 5 times found in old field/pasture, 5 times found in littoral vegetation, 4 times found in tropical dry forest, 4 times found in roadside edge, 4 times found in roadside vegetation, 3 times found in mangrove, 2 times found in roadside vegn., 4 times found in rainforest edge, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 16 times on low vegetation, 1 times on living fenceposts, 3 times ex dead twig Ficus, 4 times in Acacia thorns, 4 times strays, 1 times recently felled Carapa guianensis, in dead stem, 2 times ex dead twig, 2 times dead twig Laguncularia racemosa, 1 times foragers on treefall, 2 times ex swollen-thorn Acacia, 1 times ex mangrove twig, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 6 times search, 2 times Beating, 1 times Malaise trap.
Elevations: collected from 5 - 1000 meters, 142 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1911-12-27 00:00:00.0 and 2018-01-09 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Lectotype of Pseudomyrmex ita: casent0907557