Ants of Parque Nacional Saslaya, Nicaragua
Report by John T. (Jack) Longino, The University of Utah; Michael G. Branstetter, The University of California, Davis; Laura D. Sáenz, Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala; and P. S. Ward, The University of California, Davis.
This is a working list of the ants of Parque Nacional Saslaya, Nicaragua, based on Project LLAMA sampling. Specimen records have been uploaded to the AntWeb database and are periodically updated.
This is a static webpage with links to the AntWeb species pages, where you can see distribution maps on Google Earth. If links are dead, that means the database has changed as hypotheses of species boundaries evolve and names change.
There is a minimum of 310 species so far recorded.
Parque Nacional Saslaya is located at the southern edge of the much larger Reserva de la Biosfera BOSAWAS. It is located near the mining town of Siuna and is accessible via Hormiguero from the East and Rosa Grande from the South. The park includes 631.3 km2 of protected area and is split between the departments of RAAN and Jinotega. Cerro Saslaya is an isolated peak that reaches 1,651 m with primary forest extending from 300 m to the top. Habitats include lowland tropical rainforest, montane wet forest, cloud forest, and dwarf forest. For the LLAMA expedition we established our first camp at 300 m elevation in the forest next to the Río Majagua. For five days we sampled the surrounding forest. Also, a transect of maxiWinkler samples was done starting at 300 m and continuing up to 1,000 m. Samples were collected roughly every 50 m of elevation change.
After five days of sampling near the low camp, the entire camp and personnel were moved to a high camp at 1,070 m elevation. The camp was located in a saddle between a long flat ridge and a much steeper ridge, which climbs to the peak of the mountain. The habitat was a mix of montane wet forest, riparian forest, and cloud forest. In addition to sampling around the camp, maxiWinkler samples were collected from the camp to the peak every 50 m in elevation change except for a very steep section between 1400-1500 m.
Species List
Acanthognathus ocellatus
Acanthognathus teledectus
Acanthoponera minor
Acromyrmex echinatior
Acromyrmex octospinosus
Acromyrmex volcanus
Acropyga exsanguis
Acropyga fuhrmanni
Acropyga panamensis
Acropyga smithii
Adelomyrmex JTL-020
Adelomyrmex longinoi
Adelomyrmex microps
Adelomyrmex myops
Adelomyrmex silvestrii
Adelomyrmex tristani-04
Anochetus mayri
Anochetus minans
Apterostigma collare
Apterostigma dentigerum
Apterostigma goniodes
Apterostigma JTL-019
Apterostigma pilosum
Apterostigma robustum
Atta cephalotes
Azteca alfari
Azteca brevis
Azteca nigra
Basiceros manni
Belonopelta deletrix
Brachymyrmex (additional species, not sorted)
Brachymyrmex cavernicola
Camponotus abscisus
Camponotus ager
Camponotus atriceps
Camponotus brettesi
Camponotus claviscapus
Camponotus cuneidorsus
Camponotus excisus
Camponotus integellus
Camponotus JTL-021
Camponotus JTL-050
Camponotus mucronatus
Camponotus novogranadensis
Camponotus planatus
Camponotus raphaelis
Camponotus sanctaefidei
Camponotus sericeiventris
Cardiocondyla minutior
Carebara brevipilosa
Carebara inca
Carebara reina
Carebara urichi
Cephalotes cristatus
Cephalotes minutus
Cephalotes pallens
Cerapachys JTL-001
Cerapachys JTL-002
Cerapachys JTL-005
Cerapachys JTL-007
Crematogaster brasiliensis
Crematogaster curvispinosa
Crematogaster flavomicrops
Crematogaster limata
Crematogaster longispina
Crematogaster monteverdensis
Crematogaster nigropilosa
Crematogaster snellingi
Crematogaster sumichrasti
Crematogaster torosa
Crematogaster wardi
Cryptopone gilva
Cyphomyrmex andersoni
Cyphomyrmex costatus
Cyphomyrmex dixus
Cyphomyrmex muelleri
Cyphomyrmex rimosus s.l.
Cyphomyrmex salvini
Discothyrea denticulata
Discothyrea sexarticulata
Dolichoderus lutosus
Dolichoderus validus
Eciton burchellii foreli
Eciton burchellii parvispinum
Eciton hamatum
Eciton mexicanum
Ectatomma gibbum
Ectatomma tuberculatum
Eurhopalothrix bolaui
Eurhopalothrix JTL-006
Eurhopalothrix JTL-009
Gnamptogenys hartmani
Gnamptogenys JTL-001
Gnamptogenys JTL-002
Gnamptogenys JTL-011
Gnamptogenys JTL-016
Gnamptogenys mecotyle
Gnamptogenys minuta
Gnamptogenys porcata
Gnamptogenys regularis
Gnamptogenys strigata
Gnamptogenys sulcata
Gnamptogenys tornata
Heteroponera panamensis
Hylomyrma dentiloba
Hypoponera (additional species, not sorted)
Hypoponera nitidula
Hypoponera parva
Labidus coecus
Lachnomyrmex haskinsi
Lachnomyrmex longinoi
Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus
Leptanilloides gracilis
Leptogenys imperatrix
Leptogenys josephi
Leptogenys JTL-021
Leptogenys JTL-025
Leptogenys pubiceps
Leptogenys quiriguana
Megalomyrmex adamsae
Megalomyrmex drifti
Megalomyrmex silvestrii
Megalomyrmex symmetochus
Mycocepurus smithii
Myrmicocrypta ednaella cf.
Neivamyrmex asper
Neivamyrmex compressinodis
Neivamyrmex CR01
Neivamyrmex humilis
Neivamyrmex JTL-015
Neivamyrmex sumichrasti
Nesomyrmex asper
Nesomyrmex echinatinodis
Nesomyrmex JTL-011
Nylanderia (additional species, not sorted)
Octostruma balzani s.l.
Octostruma iheringi
Octostruma JTL-005
Octostruma JTL-008
Octostruma JTL-010
Odontomachus chelifer
Odontomachus hastatus
Odontomachus laticeps
Odontomachus meinerti
Odontomachus yucatecus
Pachycondyla apicalis
Pachycondyla bugabensis
Pachycondyla carinulata
Pachycondyla cauta
Pachycondyla cognata
Pachycondyla constricta
Pachycondyla crenata
Pachycondyla curvinodis
Pachycondyla harpax
Pachycondyla JTL-016
Pachycondyla JTL-022
Pachycondyla lineaticeps
Pachycondyla stigma
Pachycondyla unidentata
Pachycondyla verenae
Pachycondyla villosa
Paraponera clavata
Pheidole acamata
Pheidole anastasii
Pheidole arachnion
Pheidole beloceps
Pheidole biconstricta
Pheidole bicornis
Pheidole boruca
Pheidole browni
Pheidole caltrop
Pheidole celaena
Pheidole chocoensis
Pheidole citrina
Pheidole cocciphaga
Pheidole colobopsis
Pheidole cramptoni
Pheidole dossena
Pheidole erratilis
Pheidole exarata
Pheidole fimbriata
Pheidole fiorii
Pheidole flavens
Pheidole glomericeps
Pheidole guerrerana
Pheidole gulo
Pheidole harrisonfordi
Pheidole indagatrix
Pheidole JTL-205
Pheidole JTL-208
Pheidole JTL-211
Pheidole JTL-218
Pheidole karolmorae
Pheidole kukrana
Pheidole laselva
Pheidole mooreorum
Pheidole nebulosa
Pheidole nigricula
Pheidole nitella
Pheidole nitidicollis
Pheidole otisi
Pheidole prattorum
Pheidole protensa
Pheidole psilogaster
Pheidole rectispina
Pheidole rhinoceros
Pheidole rhinomontana
Pheidole rogeri
Pheidole rugiceps
Pheidole scrobifera
Pheidole sensitiva
Pheidole simonsi
Pheidole spathipilosa
Pheidole specularis
Pheidole striaticeps
Pheidole subarmata
Pheidole susannae
Pheidole synarmata
Pheidole texticeps
Pheidole tschinkeli
Pheidole walkeri
Platythyrea prizo
Platythyrea punctata
Prionopelta amabilis
Prionopelta modesta
Proceratium mancum
Proceratium micrommatum
Procryptocerus belti
Procryptocerus scabriusculus
Pseudomyrmex beccarii
Pseudomyrmex caeciliae
Pseudomyrmex championi
Pseudomyrmex cubaensis
Pseudomyrmex elongatus
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Pseudomyrmex oculatus
Pseudomyrmex simplex
Pseudomyrmex subater
Pseudomyrmex tenuis
Pseudomyrmex viduus
Pyramica alberti
Pyramica brevicornis
Pyramica cassicuspis
Pyramica crementa
Pyramica depressiceps
Pyramica eggersi
Pyramica excisa
Pyramica gundlachi
Pyramica JTL-012
Pyramica lalassa
Pyramica myllorhapha
Pyramica nigrescens
Pyramica paniaguae
Pyramica probatrix
Pyramica schulzi
Pyramica stauroma
Pyramica subedentata
Pyramica trieces
Rhopalothrix JTL-003
Rhopalothrix weberi
Rogeria belti
Rogeria cuneola
Rogeria inermis
Rogeria innotabilis
Rogeria JTL-009
Rogeria tonduzi
Sericomyrmex aztecus
Solenopsis (additional species, not sorted)
Solenopsis geminata
Solenopsis JTL-015
Solenopsis subterranea
Solenopsis succinea
Stegomyrmex manni
Stenamma crypticum
Stenamma diversum
Stenamma expolitum
Stenamma felixi
Stenamma sandinista
Stenamma schmidti
Stenamma tico
Stenamma zelum
Stigmatomma mystriops
Strumigenys biolleyi
Strumigenys cordovensis
Strumigenys cosmostela
Strumigenys elongata
Strumigenys godmani
Strumigenys JTL-013
Strumigenys lanuginosa
Strumigenys ludia
Strumigenys micretes
Strumigenys nevermanni
Strumigenys pariensis
Strumigenys platyscapa
Strumigenys timicala
Strumigenys trinidadensis
Tapinoma (additional species, not sorted)
Tatuidris tatusia
Temnothorax JTL-015
Thaumatomyrmex ferox
Trachymyrmex bugnioni
Trachymyrmex cornetzi
Trachymyrmex intermedius
Trachymyrmex JTL-003
Trachymyrmex zeteki
Typhlomyrmex pusillus
Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi
Wasmannia auropunctata
Wasmannia scrobifera
Date of this version: 30 July 2017
