Apterostigma ierense Weber, 1937

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 : 1211

(9) Apterostigma ierense Weber, 1937

Figure 4A, B

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Vaupés • 1 worker; Taraira; 01°04′00″S, 069°31′00″W; alt. 85 m; 14–20 May 2001; A. Sabogal leg.; UNAB 4742 .

Identification. Lateroventral margin of frontal lobes completely curved and covering the antennae inser- tions; the cervical carina in dorsal view is shaped as two rounded lobes; and body densely pubescent ( Lattke 1997).

Distribution. Apterostigma ierense is mostly distributed in the Amazon basin, being reported from Bolivia, Bra- zil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. In Central America, A. ierense is only known from Panama ( Kempf 1972; Lattke 1997; Mayhé-Nuñes and Jaffé 1998; Fernán- dez and Sendoya 2004).

Figures

Figure 4. Apterostigma species encountered in Colombia. A, B. Apterostigma ierense, CASENT0281772. C, D. Apterostigma jubatum, CASENT0281773. E, F. Apterostigma manni, CASENT0281776. G, H. Apterostigma peruvianum, CASENT0922046. Photographs taken by S. Hartman (A–F) and M. Esposito (G–H) obtained from the Antweb database (http://www.antweb.org).