MCZ Entomology 511005

Octostruma megabalzani Longino, 2013

Paratype of Octostruma megabalzani

Date Collected:

1976-06-26/1976-06-27

Central America: Panama: Chiriqui Province | 24 km west of El Hato del Volcan

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:511005 JSON-LD

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:511005 Octostruma megabalzani Paratype

Current Identification
Octostruma megabalzani Longino, 2013
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Myrmicinae
Determiner: John T. LonginoORCID iD icon on 2013-08-09
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Previous Identification
Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Myrmicinae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) good in collection 1 History (3)
caste = worker  

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  • USNM; Paratype

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • State/Province:
  • Chiriqui Province
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001201 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 24 km west of El Hato del Volcan
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • PANAMA: Chiriquí; 24km W El Hato; del Volcan 3800'; berlese-; cloud forest; leaf litter
  • Elevation:
  • 3800 ft
  • Habitat Description:
  • cloud forest
  • Microhabitat:
  • leaf litter
  • Locality Remarks:
  • El Hato del Volcan is a variant name for Volcan (GeoNames, EG 4/18)
  • Georeference:
  • 8.76660400°, -82.852763° (Error radius: 20244m) By: Nelson Rios on 2018-10-03 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2018-10-03)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • Berlese
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1976-06-26 / 1976-06-27
  • Verbatim Date:
  • VI.26, 27.1976
  • Collector:
  • Alfred F. Newton, Jr.linked data icon

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