Cyphomyrmex rimosus (Spinola, 1851)

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

(26) Cyphomyrmex rimosus (Spinola, 1851)

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Material examined. COLOMBIA: Amazonas • 1 worker; La Pedrera; 01°35′00″S, 069°28′00″W; alt. 87 m; 29 Apr.–7 May 2001; A. Sabogal leg.; UNAB 4755 ; Antioquia • 5 workers; Amalfi; 06°47′43″N, 075° 07′56″W; alt. 1550 m; 27 Oct. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; ME- FLG 5843 ; Caquetá • 4 workers; Florencia; 01°30′4″N, 075°39′42″W; alt. 280 m; Sep. 2017; D. Cubillosleg.; UNAB 4754 ; Caquetá • 1 worker; La Montanita; 01°28′25″N, 075°32′51″W; alt. 612 m; 27 Dec. 2015; D. Meneses leg.; UNAB 3900 ; Cundinamarca • 1 worker; Choachi; 04°31′52″N, 073°55′33″W; alt. 1927 m; 04 Nov. 2013; M. Forero leg.; UNAB 4754 ; Huila • 1 worker; El Pital; 02°20′53″N, 075°47′55″W; alt. 921 m; 02 Nov. 2009; D. Briceno leg.; UNAB 4754 .

Identification. Large individuals, head width more than 0.62 mm; hairs of gaster coarse, not fully appressed and mostly separated by less than their own lengths; and basal groove of gaster distinct and more than twice as long as wide ( Snelling and Longino 1992).

Distribution. Similar to C. minutus , C. rimosus is also widely distributed in the Americas, its distribution ex- tends from southern United States of America, throughout Central and South America to Argentina (Buenos Aires and Mendoza) ( Kempf 1972; Fernández and Sen- doya 2004). Athorough taxonomic study needs to test whether C. rimosus is a single biological species, or whether it is a complex of cryptic species.

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).