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Pseudomyrmex spinicola - Acacia Ants
Panamá

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

Acacia ants feeding at the nectaries of the host Acacia melanocera tree.

 
Panamá, Panamá.: Parque Natural Metropolitano
08º59.61'N 79º32.84'W 100m. 5.viii.2007
Rainforest, ants on Acacia melanocera.
#AW2929, voucher specimens deposited at ALWC.

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