Two of these slow-moving, minute ants were collected within a soil sample measuring about a third of a cup's worth. The sample was from beneath a tiny stand of neglected trees (mostly volunteer Schinus terebinthifolius, but also three clusters of dwarf Musa acuminata and two Cocos nucifera, with abundant Smilax sp. vines) growing from and around a small drainage pit within the fenced-in perimeter of the small parking lot of the building where I work beside the international airport. Soil was collected to retrieve mites for practice with slide preparation, but finding these ants made for an interesting surprise.

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