New records of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Colombia

https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v32i2.9395
Leptanilloidinae Leptanilloides Myrmicinae Pheidole Pyramica

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Published: Dec 31, 2006
Issue: Vol. 32 No. 2 (2006)
Section Agriculture / Scientific notes

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GUSTAVO ZABALA-E. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café (Cenicafé)
MOISÉS VÉLEZ-H. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café (Cenicafé)
CARMENZA GÓNGORA-B. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café (Cenicafé)
Abstract

Three species of Myrmicinae ants: Pheidole scalaris, Pheidole synarmata and Pyramica minuscula, and one cryptic species of the subfamily Leptanilloidinae, Leptanilloides biconstricta, are recorded for the first time in Colombia, collected in coffee-growing zones of five departments. The discovery of P. scalaris also constitutes the first record for South America. The material is deposited in the entomological collection of the Marcial Benavides Museum (MEMB) of the National Center for Coffee Research, Cenicafé.

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ZABALA-E., G., VÉLEZ-H., M., & GÓNGORA-B., C. (2006). New records of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Colombia. Revista Colombiana De Entomología, 32(2), 227–229. https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v32i2.9395
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