''Bothriomyrmex paradoxus'' is a species of

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

in the genus ''

Bothriomyrmex ''Bothriomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Distribution and habitat The genus is widely distributed in the Old World and Australia, where it is found nesting in a wide range of habitats (including grasslands, savanna w ...

''. Described by Dubovikov and Longino in 2004, the species is endemic to

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

and

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

.Dubovikoff, D.A.; Longino, J. T. 2004. A new species of the genus ''Bothriomyrmex'' Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Costa Rica. ''Zootaxa'' 776: 1-10 (page 3, queen, male described)

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* Bothriomyrmex Hymenoptera of North America Insects of Central America Insects described in 2004 {{Dolichoderinae-stub