A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records
Author
Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Museo Entomológico UNAB, Grupo Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía (SIA), Carrera 30 # 45 - 03, Bogotá D. C., 111321, Colombia; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 427 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA.
lmerarod@asu.edu
Author
Serna, Francisco
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Museo Entomológico UNAB, Grupo Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía (SIA), Carrera 30 # 45 - 03, Bogotá D. C., 111321, Colombia
Author
Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 427 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA; Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, NHB CE 516, MRC 188, 1000 Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC 20560, USA.
Author
Lattke, John
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CEP 81531 - 980, Curitiba, PR, 19020, Brazil
Author
Rabeling, Christian
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 427 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA.
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2020-09-22
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10.15560/16.5.1205
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Apterostigmadentigerum
Wheeler, 1925
Figure 3E, F
Material examined.
COLOMBIA
:
Atlántico
•
1 worker
;
Juan de Acosta
;
10°46′2″N
,
075°02′34″W
; alt.
177–250 m
;
Feb.–May 2012
;
J. Castro
,
S. Royero
leg.;
UNAB 4362
;
Chocó
•
2 workers
;
Lloró
;
05°29′00″N
,
076° 32′00″W
; alt.
115 m
;
12 Dec. 2001
;
Y. Palacios
,
O. Mena
leg.;
UNAB 4740
;
Chocó
•
1 worker
;
Lloró
;
05°29′00″N
,
076°32′00″W
; alt.
115 m
;
04 May 2002
;
Y. Palacios
,
O. Mena
leg.;
UNAB 2230
.
Identification.
Frontal lobes in frontal view with strong angle or posterolateral lobe; lateral-ventral margin of frontal lobe sinusoidal: convex posteriorly and curved towards dorsum, without any ventral curvature; and pro- podeum in lateral view with anterodorsal profile long and gradually very convex, posteriorly shorter and more curved (
Lattke 1997
).
Distribution.
Apterostigmadentigerum
is widely distributed in Central and South America, its known distribution range extends from Honduras to Mato Grosso in central Brazil (
Lattke 1997
;
Mayhé-Nuñes and Jaffé 1998
).