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Species: Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus   (Emery, 1906) 

Classification:
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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

Pseudomyrma subtilissima subsp. tenuissima Emery, 1906c PDF: 119 (w.) BRAZIL. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 224
Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex culmicola: Ward, 1989a PDF: 432.
Status as species: Ward, 1989a PDF: 432.
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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic, Neotropical

Distribution Notes:

Paraguay: Canindeyú, Ñeembucú

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 13 times found in red mangroves, 8 times found in tropical moist forest, 7 times found in rainforest, 8 times found in red mangrove, 6 times found in edge of second-growth rainforest, 5 times found in tropical dry forest, 3 times found in rainforest edge, 4 times found in scrub, 2 times found in cerrado, 1 times found in coffee plantation, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 19 times on low vegetation, 4 times ex dead twig, 3 times felled tree, 3 times Spondias mombin canopy, 1 times on Vochysia tree-fall, 3 times on recent tree-fall, 2 times in fresh treefall, 2 times hollow twig, 1 times ex dead twig thorny vine, 1 times ex dead twig of woody liana, 1 times ex dead twig of Gliricidia sepium, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 8 times Search, 6 times canopy fogging, 3 times Malaise, 45-3 times beating vegetation, 2, 2 times Fogging, 1 times at u-v light, 00-11 times beating vegetation, 10, 30-3 times beating vegetation, 2, 1 times Winkler, 1 times Winkler48h, 1 times direct collection, ...

Elevations: collected from 2 - 1000 meters, 198 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1900-08-15 and 2020-09-22

Type specimens: syntype of Pseudomyrma culmicola: casent0907523; syntype of Pseudomyrma subtilissima tenuissima: casent0904058



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