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Pseudomyrmex spinicola - Acacia Ant
Panamá

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

An acacia ant patrols a leaf.

 
Panamá, Chiriquí.: 3.5k ENE Caldera
08º39.53'N 82º20.94'W 300m. 2.viii.2007
Riparian forest, ants on swollen-thorn Acacia sp.
#AW2928, voucher specimens deposited at ALWC.


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