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Species: Solenopsis terricola   Menozzi, 1931 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2022)

Solenopsis terricola Menozzi, 1931b PDF: 267, fig. 5 (w.q.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic. Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 PDF: 328). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: Puente de Las Mulas (F.I. Tristan). Primary type depository: IEUB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: IEUB. Type notes: Original description also includes a single syntype queen. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Lectotype designation: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 PDF: 328.
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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Saint Lucia, United States
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic, Neotropical

References:

Menozzi, C. 1931. Contribuzione alla conoscenza del "microgenton" di Costa Rica. III. Hymenoptera - Formicidae. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 25:259-274.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in cloud forest, 1 times found in Montane hardwood forest, 1 times found in rainforest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 1 times montana hanwood forest, 1 times leaf litter low mountain forest, 1 times leaf litter.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times Berlese, 1 times 6L sifted litter, extracted in Winkler sack over 44 hours, 1 times 6L sifted litter, extracted in Winkler sack over ~18 hours.

Elevations: collected from 125 - 800 meters, 618 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1995-05-02 00:00:00.0 and 2018-08-29 00:00:00.0

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