misomoschus group overview

This group is monotypic, with the nominal Temnothorax misomoschus sp. nov. being the only member. With its depressed propodeum, strongly curved propodeal spines, and nearly complete lack of standing setae, this species is distinctive in the salvini clade, not to mention the genus as a whole. Collected from only a couple of geographically disparate collections (southern Texas and Nicaragua; Fig. 120G), this species apparently has a large range, but we still know little about its biology. It is sister to the goniops group (Prebus, in prep.).