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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FF460C7CDF78A334" box="[151,273,329,351]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Cordylaspis</emphasis>
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: 17
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[Type species:
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FD570C7FDD48A334" box="[646,801,329,351]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">C. tuberculatus</emphasis>
Nordmann
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, fixed by monotypy];
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: 107
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.
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FF460CB9DF5BA3CE" bold="true" box="[151,306,396,421]" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Type species.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FEE80CB9DC6DA3CF" box="[313,516,396,421]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Smilax americana</emphasis>
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, fixed by monotypy.
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FF160C9ADF28A3A3" bold="true" box="[199,321,431,456]" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Due to its peculiar habitus (
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),
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FCC30C9ADD37A3A3" box="[786,862,431,456]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Smilax</emphasis>
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is a distinct genus that cannot be easily confused with other
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genera. Below is a list of morphological features that can help diagnose
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FB340CE1DB58A386" box="[1253,1329,468,493]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Smilax</emphasis>
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: (a) head transverse, rounded; (b) antennae compact, flattened; (c) mandibles long; (d) galea long, as long as maxillary palps; (e) nuchal ridge present; (f) body appearing “fuzzy” due to the presence of long setae; (g) pro-, meso- and metatibia flattened and with two long apical spurs, and (h) abdominal terga IIIIV with curved (arch-like) ridge.
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The only other
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genus that might be confused with
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FC7B0F51DD9EA016" box="[938,1015,612,637]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Smilax</emphasis>
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is
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FBC60F51DACAA016" box="[1047,1187,612,637]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Haematodes</emphasis>
Laporte.
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FAC10F51DBF5A016" box="[1296,1436,612,637]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Haematodes</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FE070FB2DC4BA0CB" box="[470,546,647,672]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Smilax</emphasis>
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due to its bright red coloration on the head and pronotum, in addition to differences in characters (a), (c), (e) and (h) listed above. Besides
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FC700F99DA44A0AE" box="[929,1069,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Haematodes</emphasis>
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, there are a few myrmecophile genera in
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(still undescribed) that have a similar pronotum and elytra to
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FB950FFADAF9A083" box="[1092,1168,719,744]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Smilax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but their head shape is rather different (smaller) in addition to the typical differences between
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9152E62FC220FC1DA1DA166" box="[1011,1140,756,781]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="285" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subTribe" subTribe="Philonthina">Philonthina</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9152E62FB660FC1DB3FA166" box="[1207,1366,756,781]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="285" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subTribe" subTribe="Xanthopygina">Xanthopygina</taxonomicName>
(e.g.,
<bibRefCitation id="EFFF4B6FA9152E62FF460E2DDFD7A15B" author="Smetana" box="[151,446,791,816]" pageId="2" pageNumber="285" refString="Smetana, A. &amp; Davies, A. (2000) Reclassification of the north temperate taxa associated with Staphylinus sensu lato, including comments on relevant subtribes of Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). American Museum Novitates, 3287, 1 - 88." type="journal article" year="2000">Smetana and Davies 2000</bibRefCitation>
). These taxa are rather similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9152E62FCE00E22DA98A15B" authority="Bernhauer" authorityName="Bernhauer" box="[817,1265,791,816]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Quedius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="285" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iheringi" subGenus="Pridonius">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FCE00E22DA1CA15B" box="[817,1141,791,816]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Quedius (Pridonius) iheringi</emphasis>
Bernhauer
</taxonomicName>
but all of these taxa seem to be associated with
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9152E62FE2F0E08DCC4A13E" authority="Latreille" authorityName="Latreille" box="[510,685,828,853]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="285" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FE2F0E08DC2EA13F" box="[510,583,829,852]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Eciton</emphasis>
Latreille
</taxonomicName>
(army ants) instead of
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FC610E09DDB6A138" box="[944,991,828,851]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Atta</emphasis>
Fabricius
</taxonomicName>
(leaf cutter ants).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3746515A9152E65FF160E6ADF90A293" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="288" pageId="2" pageNumber="285" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BD1369EA9152E62FF160E6ADB79A646" blockId="2.[151,1437,396,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FF160E6ADF30A113" bold="true" box="[199,345,863,888]" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Description.</emphasis>
Habitus as in
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; medium-sized body, robust, with telescopic abdomen, 7.0
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in total length. Coloration of head reddish-brown or metallic dark blue-brown; pronotum metallic green-golden or metallic dark blue-brown, in some species with lateral sides reddish-brown; elytra metallic dark blue-brown to brown; abdomen dark brown to orange. Long macrosetae throughout the body colored lighter than body. Some specimens (including
<typeStatus id="54D5883CA9152E62FE5C0EC5DFD4A663" box="[397,445,1008,1032]" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">type</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FE330EC5DC17A663" box="[482,638,1007,1032]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">S. tuberculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) appearing dull brown, probably due to loss of metallic coloration (see e.g.,
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Seago
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FEC80920DF38A646" box="[281,337,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">et al.</emphasis>
2009
</bibRefCitation>
). Coloration of abdomen especially variable among specimens of same species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD1369EA9152E62FF160902DF6EA48F" blockId="2.[151,1437,396,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">
Head (
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) transverse, rounded in most species (posterior angles sharper in
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9152E62FB82090DDB6DA63B" box="[1107,1284,1079,1104]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Smilax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="285" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deneinephyto">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9152E62FB82090DDB6DA63B" box="[1107,1284,1079,1104]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">S. deneinephyto</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Eyes small, positioned anteriorly. Ventral surface of head with microsculpture; postoccipital suture and ventral base ridge present; postmandibular ridge prominent, extending well beyond the postoccular seta; infraorbital ridge pronounced posteriorly; gular sutures separated throughout length, with narrowest point near mid-length; nuchal ridge prominent, forming well defined neck. Epicranium with transverse and polygon-shaped microsculpture, with dense punctation especially on lateral and posterior sides; with large macrosetae around lateral margins. Anteclypeus well developed; clypeus slightly concave. Antenna (
<figureCitation id="13552A1BA9152E62FC16083ADA4CA743" box="[967,1061,1295,1320]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 23" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1628,1651]" captionTargetBox="[164,1436,193,1598]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[164,1449,193,1598]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 17 23. Smilax pilosa (F.). 17. Dorsal view of right mandible, scale bar = 1 mm. 18. Ventral view of left mandible, scale bar = 1 mm. 19. Left maxilla, scale bar = 0.58 mm. 20. Hypopharynx with right labial palp, scale bar = 0.48 mm. 21. Antenna, scale bar = 1.1 mm. 22. Ventral view of protibia and protarsus, scale bar = 0.95 mm. 23. Prosternum, scale bar = 1.3 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/268259/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
) 11-segmented, flat, compact; antennomeres 14 with rows of macrosetae; antennomeres 511 with macrosetae and microtrichiae but microtrichiae restricted to anterolateral corners; antennomere 1 robust, punctated, about twice as long and twice as wide as antennomere 2; antennomere 2 expanding distally, smaller than antennomere 3; antennomere 3 1.5 times longer than antennomere 4; antennomeres 411 triangular (expanding distally), slightly decreasing in size with every antennomere. Mouthparts with labrum emarginate medially. Mandibles (
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) elongate, symmetrical, slightly curved distally; with deep fold on lateral edge of dorsal side; mandibular prostheca long; each mandible with single small molar. Maxilla as in
<figureCitation id="13552A1BA9152E62FD880B39DCC7A44F" box="[601,686,1548,1573]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 23" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1628,1651]" captionTargetBox="[164,1436,193,1598]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[164,1449,193,1598]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 17 23. Smilax pilosa (F.). 17. Dorsal view of right mandible, scale bar = 1 mm. 18. Ventral view of left mandible, scale bar = 1 mm. 19. Left maxilla, scale bar = 0.58 mm. 20. Hypopharynx with right labial palp, scale bar = 0.48 mm. 21. Antenna, scale bar = 1.1 mm. 22. Ventral view of protibia and protarsus, scale bar = 0.95 mm. 23. Prosternum, scale bar = 1.3 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/268259/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
; galea long, as long as maxillary palp; galea and lacinia densely setose; maxillary palpi 4-segmented, with transverse microsculpture; P1 small, with small triangular process covering margin of P2; P2P4 elongate; P2 robust, smaller but wider than P3; P2P3 with several rows of macrosetae; P4 shorter than P3, apically truncate. Hypopharynx as in
<figureCitation id="13552A1BA9152E62FCDE0B48DD08A4FD" box="[783,865,1661,1686]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 23" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1628,1651]" captionTargetBox="[164,1436,193,1598]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[164,1449,193,1598]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 17 23. Smilax pilosa (F.). 17. Dorsal view of right mandible, scale bar = 1 mm. 18. Ventral view of left mandible, scale bar = 1 mm. 19. Left maxilla, scale bar = 0.58 mm. 20. Hypopharynx with right labial palp, scale bar = 0.48 mm. 21. Antenna, scale bar = 1.1 mm. 22. Ventral view of protibia and protarsus, scale bar = 0.95 mm. 23. Prosternum, scale bar = 1.3 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/268259/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
; labial palpi 3-segmented; P1P3 with several rows of macrosetae; P1 small, club-like; P2 twice as long as P1, flattened, expanded distally; P3 shorter than P2, apically truncated.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD1369EA9152E63FF160BC5DC44A3A4" blockId="2.[151,1437,396,2016]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1437,151,464]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="286" pageId="2" pageNumber="285">
Pronotum (
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) wider than head; lateral margins concave; pronotum widest at middle. Pronotum without postcoxal process. Pronotal hypomeron expanded but visible only ventrally, except on anterolateral corners; inferior line of pronotal hypomeron present only anteriorly and not throughout length. Pronotum with microsculpture and micropunctures; pronotal margin with large setiferous punctures bearing large macrosetae; anterolateral angles of pronotum prominent. Basisternum with microsculpture and multiple setae; basisternum with anterior marginal depression present; sternocostal ridge present; furcasternum with small pointed medial carina; furcasternum with transverse microsculpture but with no punctures. Elytra transverse, slightly shorter and wider than pronotum; with dense small uniform punctation and several rows of slightly raised larger setiferous punctures. Mesoscutellum triangular, large, with punctation pattern similar to elytra. Hind wings fully developed. Mesoventrite setose; with anterior margin forming “lip”; without median carina and mesoventral process; middle coxae cavity expanded. Metaventrite with small, slightly emarginate metaventral process. Legs with 5-5-5 tarsal segmentation; femora, tibia and tarsi flattened, with dense uniform punctation, covered with setae; pro- and mesocoxae enlarged, bulbous; pro- and mesofemura with row of small spurs on ventral posterior margin near tibia; protibia with ctenidium in distal margin; tibia robust, with multiple rows of medium size spurs along lateral margins; tibia with with two long apical spurs; protarsi enlarged in both sexes; meso- and metatarsomeres lobed, elongate; empodium with two setae.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD1369EA9142E63FF460A8FDC2CA584" blockId="3.[151,1436,1978,2031]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9142E63FF460A8FDF54A5A4" bold="true" box="[151,317,1978,2001]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">FIGURES 12.</emphasis>
Habitus photographs of
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9142E63FD900A8FDC8CA5BB" authority="Laporte." authorityName="Laporte." box="[577,741,1978,2000]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Smilax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9142E63FD900A8FDCEFA5BB" box="[577,646,1978,2000]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Smilax</emphasis>
Laporte.
</taxonomicName>
1.
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9142E63FCD80A8FDA12A5BB" authority="Chatzimanolis" authorityName="Chatzimanolis" box="[777,1147,1978,2000]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Smilax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deneinephyto">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9142E63FCD80A8FDDB4A5BB" box="[777,989,1978,2000]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Smilax deneinephyto</emphasis>
Chatzimanolis
</taxonomicName>
, total length = 18.5 mm. 2.
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9142E63FF460AECDF49A584" box="[151,288,2009,2031]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Smilax pilosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(F.), total length = 16.6 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BD1369EA9132E64FF460BFFDC4CA494" blockId="4.[151,1436,1738,1791]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9132E64FF460BFFDF55A4B4" bold="true" box="[151,316,1738,1761]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">FIGURES 34.</emphasis>
Habitus photographs of
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9132E64FDED0BFFDCB6A48B" authority="Laporte." authorityName="Laporte." box="[572,735,1738,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Smilax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9132E64FDED0BFFDCE8A48B" box="[572,641,1738,1760]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Smilax</emphasis>
Laporte.
</taxonomicName>
3.
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9132E64FCD00BFFDDCBA48B" box="[769,930,1738,1760]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Smilax kuntzeni</emphasis>
(Scheerpeltz)
</taxonomicName>
, total length = 19.1 mm. 4.
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<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9132E64FA860BFFDEBCA494" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Smilax lynchi</emphasis>
(Bruch)
</taxonomicName>
, total length = 18.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BD1369EA9132E64FF160A13DCE9A598" blockId="4.[151,1436,1830,2035]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">
Abdomen (
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) with paired protergal glands present; abdominal terga IIIV curved (arc-like) ridge and without accessory basal lines. Abdominal sternite VII in males without porose structure but with modified (various degrees of emargination) posterior margin; abdominal sternite VIII in males with U or V-shaped emargination. Abdominal sternite IX with deep V-shaped emargination posteriorly. Abdomen with small uniform dense punctures; each segment (ventral and dorsal) with row of larger setiferous punctures each giving rise to large dark macrosetae (usually 46 per segment).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD1369EA9122E65FF160DA2DF90A293" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,392]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">
Male and female genitalia typical of
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9122E65FD460DA2DD50A2DB" box="[663,825,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subTribe" subTribe="Xanthopygina">Xanthopygina</taxonomicName>
; spermatheca not sclerotized; aedeagus smaller in comparison to other genera in
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D1DA9122E65FE230D89DCFDA2BE" box="[498,660,188,213]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subTribe" subTribe="Xanthopygina">Xanthopygina</taxonomicName>
; paramere in lateral view with enlarged ventral projection; paramere much shorter than median lobe.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3746515A9122E65FF160C31DF52A3EC" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BD1369EA9122E65FF160C31DF52A3EC" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,392]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9122E65FF160C31DF09A376" bold="true" box="[199,352,260,285]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Distribution.</emphasis>
Distributed from
<collectingCountry id="F379760EA9122E65FDF80C31DCF5A376" box="[553,668,260,285]" name="Nicaragua" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Nicaragua</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="F379760EA9122E65FD110C31DD5BA376" box="[704,818,260,285]" name="Argentina" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Argentina</collectingCountry>
, southern
<collectingCountry id="F379760EA9122E65FC740C31DD80A376" box="[933,1001,260,285]" name="Brazil" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Brazil</collectingCountry>
and
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<collectingRegion id="49AAF87CA9122E65FBF10C30DAE3A376" box="[1056,1162,261,285]" country="Paraguay" name="Asuncion" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Paraguay</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
.
<emphasis id="B91AEA8CA9122E65FF160C12DF43A32B" bold="true" box="[199,298,295,320]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Habitat.</emphasis>
Associated with leaf cutter ants in the genus
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, typically found in the refuse piles or fungus gardens. Some specimens have been collected with flight intercept traps, perhaps indicative of their ability to move between nests.
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