Pseudomyrmex spinicola (Emery 1890)

Pseudomyrma spinicola Emery, 1890c PDF: 64, pl. 6, fig. 2 (w.q.m.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Also described as new by Emery, 1894l PDF: 52.].[Misspelled as spinolae by Enzmann, 1944 PDF: 91.].Combination in Pseudomyrma (Triangulinoda): Enzmann, 1944 PDF: 61.Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1956 PDF: 386.Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 59; Forel, 1899b PDF: 88; Forel, 1906d PDF: 229; Emery, 1921c PDF: 34; Wheeler, 1942 PDF: 178 (redescription); Enzmann, 1944 PDF: 69; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 224; Ward, 1989a PDF: 443; Ward, 1993 PDF: 149 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 375; Ward, 2017 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF: 531; Ward, 2019 PDF: 1102.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex spinicola atrox: Ward, 1993 PDF: 149; Bolton, 1995b: 375; Ward, 2017 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF: 531.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex spinicola gaigei: Ward, 1993 PDF: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 375; Ward, 2017 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF: 531.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex spinicola infernalis (Wheeler, 1942): Ward, 1993 PDF: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 375; Ward, 2017 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF: 531.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex spinicola infernalis (Enzmann, 1944): Ward, 1993 PDF: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 375; Ward, 2017 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF: 531.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex spinicola scelerosa (Wheeler, 1942): Ward, 1993 PDF: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 375; Ward, 2017 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF: 531.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex spinicola scelerosus (Enzmann, 1944): Ward, 1993 PDF: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 375; Ward, 2017 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF: 531.

Pseudomyrmex spinicola là một loài kiến chỉ được tìm thấy ở Nicaragua và Costa Rica. Chúng sinh sống ở gai cây nhiệt đới, Acacia collinsii, ăn mật hoa cùng với protein và beltian bodies giàu chất béo.