Eurhopalothrix zipacna

This species inhabits mature mesophyll cloud forest. It is known from 1290–1430 m elevation. Most specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted litter and rotten wood from the forest floor. One worker was collected at or near a bait on the ground. At the two cloud forest sites where it occurred, it was found in 3–7% of quantitative miniWinkler samples.

Guatemala, Honduras.

Mandible with single tooth row; anterior process of labrum elongate, with deep narrow median cleft, forming pair of closely parallel, long, thin lobes; face with 18 specialized spatulate setae; promesonotum with 3 pairs spatulate setae; HW 0.78–0.85 (E. bolaui is smaller); base of propodeal spines narrow, abruptly meeting narrow infradental lamella (propodeal spines more broadly triangular in E. bolaui). Similar to E. bolaui.

A cryptic inhabitant of cloud forest, in leaf litter and rotten wood on the forest floor, from Guatemala and Honduras.

Eurhopalothrix zipacna Longino, 2013a PDF: 146, figs 12B, 34, 35 (w.q.) HONDURAS. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki