Cyphomyrmex castagnei Mackay & Baena, 1993

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 : 1213-1214

(19) Cyphomyrmex castagnei Mackay & Baena, 1993

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Nariño • 1 worker; Ricaurte; 01°13′35″N, 078°03′04″W; alt. 920 m; 21 Sep. 2015; J. Cancino leg.; UNAB 4748 .

Identification. Mandible with five teeth; lateral cor- ner of cephalic vertex with long horn-like extensions; mesosoma with a large, spine-like posterior pronotal tubercle and a large anterior mesonotal tubercle; mesonotal protuberances spine like; and mesosoma with squamate hairs ( Mackay and Baena 1993).

Distribution. Cyphomyrmex castagnei is only known from Panama and the Pacific coast of Colombia ( Fig. 1B ) ( MacKay and Baena 1993; Fernández et al. 1996; Fernández and Sendoya 2004).

Figures

Figure 1. Geographic distribution of non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ant species in Colombia. A. Apterostigma pilosum species-group. B. Genus Cyphomyrmex. C. Apterostigma auriculatum species-group, and genera Mycocepurus, Myrmicocrypta, and Mycetomoellerius. D. Genera Sericomyrmex and Paratrachymyrmex.