Hypoponera leveillei (Emery, 1890)

Silva, Márcio Morais, Mayhé Nunes, Antônio J. & Moreira, Felipe F. F., 2025, Ants (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Floresta da Tijuca sector, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 132248-e 132248 : e132248-

Hypoponera leveillei (Emery, 1890)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: WAS 112; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C8FAAEE9-FF61-53DD-8B5E-DEE772BB5E26; Taxon: genus: Hypoponera ; specificEpithet: leveillei ; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1890); Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Rio de Janeiro; locality: Floresta da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Bom Retiro (trilha para o pico da Tijuca) ; verbatimCoordinates: 22 56 48.2S 43 17 35.4W; verbatimLatitude: 22 56 48.2S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 35.4W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Hypoponera leveillei ; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Winckler; year: 2021; month: 7; day: 19-21; verbatimEventDate: Winter 2021; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: WCC 108; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 75D998F4-5A2F-5757-8D0E-E8734FDBABF8; Taxon: genus: Hypoponera ; specificEpithet: leveillei ; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1890); Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Rio de Janeiro; locality: Floresta da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Trilha de Moutain bike (Açude da solidão). ; verbatimCoordinates: 22 57 41.7S 43 17 24.7W; verbatimLatitude: 22 57 41.7S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 24.7W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Hypoponera leveillei ; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Winckler; year: 2022; month: 1; day: 21-23; verbatimEventDate: Summer 2022; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Venezuela.

Notes

This is the first record for PNT. Previously recorded by Mackay and Mackay (2010) from the State of Rio de Janeiro without details.