Apterostigma chocoense Lattke, 1997

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 : 1208-1209

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.5.1205

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4338281

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scientific name

Apterostigma chocoense Lattke, 1997
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(5) Apterostigma chocoense Lattke, 1997

Figure 3A, B View Figure 3

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia • 9 workers GoogleMaps ; Amalfi   GoogleMaps ; 06°51′26″N, 075°07′32″W; alt. 1000 m; 30 Jul. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; MEFLG 40855 , 40856 , 40857 .

Identification. Triangular propodeal denticles present; ventral profile of gaster convex anteriorly and concave posteriorly; and ventral profile of gaster in lateral view sinuous ( Lattke 1997).

Distribution. The present record expands the species known distribution in Colombia from the northwestern Pacific coast to the Andean region ( Fig. 1C View Figure 1 ). Outside of Colombia this species is known in Costa Rica, French Guiana, and Panama ( Brandão 1991; Lattke 1997; Fernández and Sendoya 2004).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Apterostigma