Sericomyrmex mayri 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 : 1219

(32) Sericomyrmex mayri Forel, 1912

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Material examined material. COLOMBIA: Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°46′19.2″N, 075°05′24.4″W; alt. 1550 m; 1 Jul. 1998; F. Sernaleg.; MEFLG 5901 ; Antioquia • 3 workers; Amalfi; 06°45′57.6″N, 075°06′25.02″W; alt. 955 m; Sep. 2006; M.A. Vanegas leg.; MEFLG 5901 ; Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°47′48.92″N, 075° 06′55.56″W; alt. 1113 m; 2 Oct. 1998; F. Sernaleg.; ME- FLG 5901 ; Antioquia • 3 workers; Amalfi; 06°47′48.92″N, 075°06′55.56″W; alt. 1113 m; 1997; F. Sernaleg.; MEFLG 5901 ; Antioquia • 1 worker; San Carlos; 06°11′29″N, 074°59′43″W; alt. 1036 m; 05 Jan. 2007; N. Vergara, C. Gómez leg.; UNAB 4774 ; Sucre • 3 workers; Ovejas; 09°32′4.1″N, 075°13′18.5″W; alt. 277 m; 4 Feb. 2016; H. Cadena leg.; MEFLG 40894 , 40893 , 40892 .

Identification. Large species; head broad; frontal lobe narrow; mandible usually striate; frontal carina often in- complete; eye flat to mildly convex; posterior cephalic margin shallow, abruptly to gradually impressed; poste- rior cephalic corner usually angled; mesosomal tubercles low and obtuse; and gaster with lateral carina well-devel- oped, dorsal carina absent or faint ( Ješovnik and Schultz 2017).

Distribution. Sericomyrmex mayri has been recorded from Bolivia, the northern states of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. In Central America, S. mayri is only known in Panama ( Forel 1912; Ješovnik and Schultz 2017).

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Figure 8. Sericomyrmex species encountered in Colombia. A, B. Sericomyrmex amabilis, CASENT0922156/ M. Esposito. C, D. Sericomyrmex bondari, USNMENT01125823/ A. Ješovnik. E, F. Sericomyrmex mayri, CASENT0909370/ W. Ericson. G, H. Sericomyrmex saussurei, USN- MENT00445513/ W. Ericson. Photographs obtained from the Antweb database (http://www.antweb.org).