Cyphomyrmex major (Forel, 1901)

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 : 1215

(24) Cyphomyrmex major (Forel, 1901)

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Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia • 3 gynes, 4 workers; Turbo ; 08°05′53″N, 076°43′54″W; alt. 1 m; 15 Sep. 2004; O. Munar leg.; UNAB 2353 ; Santander • 4 gynes, 4 workers; Santa Helena del Opon; 06°20′00″N, 073°36′00″W; alt. 1426 m; Apr. 2012; A. Ardila leg.; UNAB 2526 .

Identification. Mid-pronotal tubercle paired; cephalic posterolateral corner produced as broad lobe, not spinelike; frontal carina extending onto top lobe joining pos- terior carina; and anterior mesonotal tubercle high and obtuse ( Snelling and Longino 1992).

Distribution. Cyphomyrmex major is known from Boli- via, Brazil (Amazonas, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, and São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela ( Kempf 1972; Santos et al. 2017; Fernán- dez and Serna 2019).

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Figure 6. Cyphomyrmex species encountered in Colombia. A, B. Cyphomyrmex costatus, CASENT0281765/ S. Hartman. C, D. Cyphomyrmex hamulatus, CASENT0901673/ R. Perry. E, F. Cyphomyrmex laevigatus, CASENT0173956/ A. Nobile. G, H. Cyphomyrmex major, CASENT0909379/ W. Ericson. Photographs obtained from the Antweb database (http://www.antweb.org).