Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937

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 : 1217-1219

(28) Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937

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Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia • 1 work- er; Santafé de Antioquia; 06°33′41″N, 075°49′54″W; alt. 600 m; Nov. 2017; D. Mera-Rodríguez leg.; UNAB 4758 ; Caquetá • 12 workers; Florencia; 01°30′9.99″N, 075°36′ 23″W; alt. 250 m; 28 Sep. 2016; UNAB members leg.; UNAB 4358 ; Caquetá • 12 workers; Florencia; 01°37′ 11″N, 075°36′14″W; alt. 300 m; 31 Mar. 2016; F. Ser- na leg.; UNAB 4358 ; Caquetá • 3 workers; Florencia; 01°25′34″N, 075°30′59″W; alt. 267 m; Sep. 2017; D. Mera- Rodríguez leg.; UNAB 4758 ; Caquetá • 15 workers; Flor- encia; 01°30′4″N, 075°39′42″W; alt. 280 m; Sep. 2017; UNAB members leg.; UNAB 4758 ; Caquetá • 6 work- ers; Florencia; 01°25′34″N, 075°30′59″W; alt. 267 m; Sep. 2017; D. Cubillosleg.; UNAB 4758 ; Caquetá • 17 workers; Florencia; 01°30′4″N, 075°39′42″W; alt. 280 m; Sep. 2017; UNABmembers leg.; UNAB 4758 ; Caquetá • 25 workers; Florencia; 01°30′4″N, 075°39′42″W; alt. 280 m; Sep. 2017; D. Pantoja leg.; UNAB 4758 ; Caquetá • 18 workers; Flor- encia; 01°25′34″N, 075°30′59″W; alt. 267 m; Sep. 2017; F. Serna, D. Cubillosleg.; UNAB 4758 ; Caquetá • 3 workers; Florencia; 01°30′4″N, 075°39′42″W; alt. 280 m; Sep. 2017; F. Serna, D. CubillosLeg.; UNAB 4758 ; Caquetá • 9 workers; Florencia; 01°25′34″N, 075°30′59″W; alt. 267 m; Sep. 2017; D. Mera-Rodríguez leg.; UNAB 4758 ; Caquetá • 6 workers; Florencia; 01°30′4″N, 075°39′42″W; alt. 280 m; Sep. 2017; D. Mera-Rodríguez leg.; UNAB 4758 .

Identification. Dark brown ants; body covered by scales; apical mandibular tooth in anterior view as long as preapical tooth; clypeus, front and frontal lobes densely covered with scales; postpetiole in dorsal view shaped as longitudinal half of an ellipse; and postpetiole 2.5× broader than long ( Sosa-Calvo 2015).

Distribution. Myrmicocrypta urichi occurs in Colombia, the Lesser Antilles, and Venezuela ( Kempf 1972; Sosa-Calvo 2015).

Figures

Figure 7. Cyphomyrmex, Mycocepurus, and Myrmicocrypta species encountered in Colombia. A, B. Cyphomyrmex minutus, CASENT0173957. C, D. Cyphomyrmex rimosus, CASENT0173243.E, F. Mycocepurus smithii, CASENT0173989.G, H. Myrmicocrypta urichi, CASENT0912513.Photographs taken by A. Nobile (A–F) and W. Ericson (G, H) obtained from the Antweb database (http://www.antweb.org).