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(CASC, CZUG, IEXA, JTLC, MCZC, PSWC, UCDC, USNM).
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(Ward, P. S.); Ruiz Cortínez,
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NE San Andrés Tuxtla,
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(Ward, P. S.); Ruiz Cortínez,
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(Ward, P. S.).
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. HW 0.971.07, HL 1.131.30, MFC
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, LHT 0.840.94, CI 0.810.86, FCI
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Medium-sized species (
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0.971.07) with moderately elongate head (
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0.810.86) and eyes (
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0.46 0.48); frontal carinae separated by less than basal scape width; metanotal groove moderately impressed, evident in profile; dorsal face of propodeum more or less flat, rounding into declivitous face, the two subequal in length; petiole slender, elongate (
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0.440.49, PL/HL 0.570.60, PL/LHT 0.760.82); petiole with slight anterior peduncle, in profile the anterodorsal face flat to convex, ascending gradually to summit in posterior half of node, then rounding into more steeply descending posterior face; profemur relatively slender (
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0.420.45); hind leg relatively short (
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/HL 0.710.76). Head subopaque, densely punctulate-coriarious, the punctures becoming less dense on vertex (separated by their diameters or more). Standing pilosity sparse, absent from propodeum and mesonotum (
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25). Medium ferrugineus-brown, with darker and rather diffuse transverse bands on anterior half of abdominal tergites 46 (gastric tergites 13); metafemur and, to a lesser extent, mesofemur infuscated.
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Key features of this species are the ferrugineus-brown body, with darker transverse bands on the gaster; relatively large size (worker HW 0.971.07); and low, elongate petiole (worker PL 0.650.77, worker PLI 0.440.49). Workers of
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are superficially similar to those of the Costa Rican species,
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, but can be distinguished by their shorter legs (
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0.840.94 and LHT/HL 0.710.76 vs LHT 0.961.09 and LHT/HL
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), smaller eyes (
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0.460.48 vs
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), less strongly impressed metanotal groove, differently shaped petiole (compare
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), and lighter coloration. An index combining PL, LHT and HW also separates the two species: (
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)/HW 0.740.80 versus
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.
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is somewhat isolated phylogenetically, as sister to
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