Stenamma expolitum is a species of ant native to the wet forests of Costa Rica at elevations of 800 metres (2,600 ft).[1]
Stenamma expolitum | |
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S. expolitum worker from Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Stenamma |
Species: | S. expolitum
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Binomial name | |
Stenamma expolitum M. R. Smith, 1962
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Description
editThe species have black legs and a dorsal face which have a transverse rugae. It propodeum is identical in brightness to promesonotum.[1]
Habitat
editThe species is found on clay banks, along the streams, and on hillsides.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Stenamma expolitum M. R. Smith, 1962". Retrieved October 12, 2013.
External links
edit- Media related to Stenamma expolitum at Wikimedia Commons