Paratrachymyrmex irmgardae ( Forel, 1912 )

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 : 1223

(40) Paratrachymyrmex irmgardae ( Forel, 1912)

Fig. 10C, D

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Cesar • 1 worker; Valledupar; 10°23′17″N, 073°14′11″W; alt. 250– 150 m; Jan. 2011; Y. Dominguez leg.; UNAB 765 .

Identification. Cephalic denticle absent; mandibles stri- ate but with no more than 12 striae between the lateral border and the basal teeth; and gaster with vestigial or no hair-tubercles (unpublished key by Kempf).

Distribution. Paratrachymyrmex irmgardae is only known from Colombia ( Fig. 1D ) ( Kempf 1972).

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.

Figure 10. Paratrachymyrmex species encountered in Colombia. A, B. Paratrachymyrmex diversus, CASENT0901693. C, D. Paratrachymyrmex irmgardae, CASENT0909392. E, F. Paratrachymyrmex phaleratus, D. Mera-Rodríguez.Photographs taken by W. Erichson and obtained from the Antweb database (http://www.antweb.org).