New distribution records of the savanna specialist fungus-farming ant Cyatta Sosa-Calvo et al. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) Author Oliveira, Aline Machado Author Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado Author Vasconcelos, Heraldo Luis Author Maravalhas, Jonas text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 10673 10673 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10673 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10673 1314-2828--10673 Cyatta abscondita Sosa -Calvo et al. 2013 Materials Type status: Paratype . Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Sosa-Calvo, T.R. Schultz col. ; individualCount: 5 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Distrito Federal; county: Brasilia ; locality: Fazenda Agua Limpa ; verbatimElevation: 1071-1106m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado sensu stricto; decimalLatitude: -15.9524 ; decimalLongitude: -47.90133 ; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Sosa-Calvo ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand sampling ; eventDate: 23.ii.2009 - 20.ix.2012 ; Record Level: collectionID: MZSP; collectionCode: USNMENT00756921-00758307 Type status: Paratype . Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Sosa-Calvo, T.R. Schultz col. ; individualCount: 2 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Distrito Federal; county: Brasilia ; locality: Fazenda Agua Limpa ; verbatimElevation: 1071-1106m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado sensu stricto; decimalLatitude: -15.9524 ; decimalLongitude: -47.90133 ; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Sosa-Calvo ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand sampling ; eventDate: 23.ii.2009 - 20.ix.2012 ; Record Level: collectionID: DZUP; collectionCode: USNMENT00758319-00758224 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Y. Quinet col. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Ceara; county: Crateus ; locality: RPPN Serra das Almas ; verbatimElevation: 330m ; locationRemarks: Caatinga; decimalLatitude: -5.16479 ; decimalLongitude: -40.67978 ; Identification: identifiedBy: R. Feitosa ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall ; eventDate: 20-30.iv.2003 ; Record Level: collectionID: MZSP Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Maravalhas col. ; individualCount: 2 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Distrito Federal; county: Brasilia ; locality: Reserva Ecologica IBGE ; verbatimElevation: 1100m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado sensu stricto; decimalLatitude: -15.85000 ; decimalLongitude: -48.05000 ; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Maravalhas ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall ; eventDate: 30.i.2008 ; Record Level: collectionID: MZSP Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: A.A. Tavares col. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Minas Gerais; county: Paineiras; locality: Fazenda Olho D'Agua ; verbatimElevation: 611m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado; decimalLatitude: -18.90628 ; decimalLongitude: -45.53527 ; Identification: identifiedBy: R. Feitosa ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Winkler ; eventDate: 22-24.v.1999 ; Record Level: collectionID: MZSP Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: T.L.M. Frizzo col. ; individualCount: 2 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Minas Gerais; county: Paracatu; locality: RPPN Acangau ; verbatimElevation: 671m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado sensu stricto; decimalLatitude: -17.1790833 ; decimalLongitude: -47.0583056 ; Identification: identifiedBy: G. Camacho ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall ; eventDate: 12.iv.2011 ; Record Level: collectionID: MBC-UFU Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: C. Rabeling & M. Bacci Jr col. ; individualCount: 2 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Săo Paulo; county: Itirapina; locality: Broa preserve ; verbatimElevation: 530m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado sensu stricto; decimalLatitude: -22.18517 ; decimalLongitude: -47.87754 ; Identification: identifiedBy: C. Rabelling ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand sampling ; eventDate: 21-28.vii.2011 ; Record Level: collectionID: MZSP; collectionCode: USNMENT00758220-00758217 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: C. Rabeling & M. Bacci Jr col. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Săo Paulo; county: Itirapina; locality: Broa preserve ; verbatimElevation: 530m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado sensu stricto; decimalLatitude: -22.18517 ; decimalLongitude: -47.87754 ; Identification: identifiedBy: C. Rabelling ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand sampling ; eventDate: 21-28.vii.2011 ; Record Level: collectionID: MZSP; collectionCode: USNMENT00758204 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: G.A. Castilho col. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Săo Paulo; county: Pindorama; locality: Fazenda Aguas Claras ; verbatimElevation: 494m ; locationRemarks: Floresta Estacional Semidecidual; decimalLatitude: -21.4023 ; decimalLongitude: -48.6873 ; Identification: identifiedBy: R. Feitosa ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall ; eventDate: 16.viii.2011 ; Record Level: collectionID: MZSP Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: G.A. Castilho col. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Săo Paulo; county: Sales; locality: Estacăo Experimental ; verbatimElevation: 414m ; locationRemarks: Floresta Estacional Semidecidual; decimalLatitude: -21.5222 ; decimalLongitude: -49.3013 ; Identification: identifiedBy: R. Feitosa ; dateIdentified: 2013; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall ; eventDate: 17.viii.2011 ; Record Level: collectionID: MZSP Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: A.M. Oliveira, R.Feitosa, J. Maravalhas, H. Vasconcelos col. ; individualCount: 5 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Parana ; county: Jaguariaiva ; locality: Parque Estadual do Cerrado ; verbatimElevation: 899m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado sensu stricto; decimalLatitude: -24.17972 ; decimalLongitude: -49.6680 ; Identification: identifiedBy: R. Feitosa ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall ; eventDate: 15.i.2015 ; fieldNumber: T64p15-T66p6; Record Level: collectionID: DZUP Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.L. Vasconcelos and T.L.M. Frizzo ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Goias; county: Caldas Novas; locality: Parque Estadual Serra de Caldas Novas ; verbatimElevation: 952m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado; decimalLatitude: -17.7852 ; decimalLongitude: -48.6686 ; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Maravalhas ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall ; eventDate: 11.i.2011 ; fieldNumber: T31; Record Level: collectionID: LEIS-UFU Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.L. Vasconcelos, Jonas B. Maravlhas & Elmo B. A. Koch col ; individualCount: 2 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Mato Grosso; county: Vila Bela da Santissima Trindade; locality: Parque Estadual Serra de Ricardo Franco ; verbatimElevation: 648m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado; decimalLatitude: -14.91861 ; decimalLongitude: -60.0736 ; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Maravalhas ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall ; eventDate: 02.vii.2014 ; fieldNumber: T60; Record Level: collectionID: LEIS-UFU Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: H.L. Vasconcelos, Jonas B. Maravlhas & Elmo B. A. Koch col ; individualCount: 2 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil ; stateProvince: Săo Paulo; county: Aguas de Santa Barbara; locality: Estacăo Ecologica Aguas de Santa Barbara ; verbatimElevation: 643m ; locationRemarks: Cerrado; decimalLatitude: -22.8200 ; decimalLongitude: -49.2186 ; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Maravalhas ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall ; eventDate: 12.. ix2014 ; fieldNumber: T61; Record Level: collectionID: LEIS-UFU Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Cline & Wappes ; individualCount: 3 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Bolivia ; stateProvince: Santa Cruz Department; county: Santa Cruz de la Sierra; locality: Reserva Natural Potrerrilos del Guenda ; verbatimLocality: 37m; locationRemarks: Amazon Forest/Cerrado; decimalLatitude: -17.66666 ; decimalLongitude: -63.45000 ; Identification: identifiedBy: B. Boudinot ; Event: eventDate: 12-13.x.2007 ; Record Level: collectionID: UCDC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Wappes & Morris ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Bolivia ; stateProvince: Santa Cruz Department; county: Santa Cruz de la Sierra; locality: Reserva Natural Potrerillos del Guenda ; verbatimElevation: 37m ; locationRemarks: Amazon Forest/Cerrado; decimalLatitude: -17.66666 ; decimalLongitude: -63.45000 ; Identification: identifiedBy: B. Boudinot ; Event: eventDate: 14.x.2007 ; Record Level: collectionID: UCDC Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Wappes & Morris ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: genus: Cyatta; specificEpithet: abscondita; Location: continent: South America; country: Bolivia ; stateProvince: Santa Cruz Department; county: Santa Cruz de la Sierra; locality: Reserva Natural Potrerillos del Guenda ; verbatimElevation: 37m ; locationRemarks: Amazon Forest/Cerrado; decimalLatitude: -17.00000 ; decimalLongitude: -63.45000 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo ; Event: eventDate: 14.x.2007 ; Record Level: collectionID: USNM Taxon discussion The workers examined were all identified as Cyatta abscondita (Fig. 1), since they match each of the diagnostic characters of the species ( Sosa-Calvo et al. 2013 )