Apterostigma manni Weber, 1938

Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela, Serna, Francisco, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lattke, John & Rabeling, Christian, 2020, A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1205-1227 : 1211

(11) Apterostigma manni Weber, 1938

Figure 4E, F

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia • 2 workers; Amalfi; 06°55′00″N, 075°04′00″W; alt. 990 m; 30 Jul. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4745 ; MEFLG 5787 ; Antioquia • 1 worker; Santafé de Antioquia; 06°33′41″N, 075°49′54″W; alt. 600 m; 06 Oct. 2000; E. Vergara, F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4744 ; Caquetá • 1 worker; Floren- cia; 01°30′4″N, 075°39′42″W; alt. 280 m; 01 Sep. 2017; UNAB members leg.; UNAB 4745 .

Identification. Eyes reniform; mesopleural carina welldeveloped and lamelliform; postpetiole usually with ventral lamelliform longitudinal carina; body yellowish or light brown; and abdominal sternite IV with antero- median transverse carina ( Lattke 1997).

Distribution. Apterostigma manni is present in southern Central America (Costa Rica and Panama), northwest- ern South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, and Ven- ezuela), and in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Minas Gerais ( Lattke 1997; Fernández and Sendoya 2004).

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Figure 4. Apterostigma species encountered in Colombia. A, B. Apterostigma ierense, CASENT0281772. C, D. Apterostigma jubatum, CASENT0281773. E, F. Apterostigma manni, CASENT0281776. G, H. Apterostigma peruvianum, CASENT0922046. Photographs taken by S. Hartman (A–F) and M. Esposito (G–H) obtained from the Antweb database (http://www.antweb.org).