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Stenamma alas

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ12857234 ↗
Source-derived summary

Stenamma alas is a species of ant which can be found in wet forests of Costa Rica on an elevation of 50–1,600 metres (160–5,250 ft).

Description

It pronotum is feeble and thin and have transverse stretch marks. The species legs are reddish-brown in colour while its head is dorsal on face and have a rugae which is transverse. Its propodeum is identical in brightness to promesonotum while its mesosoma is dark in colour.

Habitat

The species is found on clay banks, along the streams, and on hillsides.

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The public source identifies “Stenamma alas” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Stenamma, alas and species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Stenamma alas” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.