Cyphomyrmex hamulatus Weber, 1938

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 : 1215

(22) Cyphomyrmex hamulatus Weber, 1938

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Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia • 12 workers; Amalfi; 06°54′11″N, 075°05′26.7″W; alt. 1010 m; 19 Dec. 1999; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4750 ; Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°46′31″N, 075°05′33″W; alt. 1010 m; Jul–Oct. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4750 ; Antioquia • 2 workers; Amalfi; 06°45′57.6″N, 075°06′25.02″W; alt. 955 m; Sep. 2006; M. A. Vanegas leg.; MEFLG 11080 ; Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°47′57.82″N, 075°07′18.96″W; alt. 1077 m; Nov. 2006; M. A. Vanegas leg.; MEFLG 11081 ; Antioquia • 5 gynes, 11 workers; Amalfi; 06°47′43″N, 075°07′56″W; alt. 1550 m; 27 Oct. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; MEFLG 5843 ; Antioquia • 10 workers; Amalfi; 06°46′19.2″N, 075°05′26.44″W; alt. 1550 m; 30 Jul. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; MEFLG 5843 ; Caquetá • 1 worker; El Doncello; 01°40′48″N, 075°17′06″W; alt. 500 m; 16 Nov. 2013; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4368 ; Caquetá • 3 workers; Florencia; 01°25′34.7″N, 075°30′59″W; alt. 267 m; Sep. 2017; D. Mera-Rodríguez leg.; UNAB 4750 ; Caquetá • 2 workers; Florencia; 01°30′9.99″N, 075°36′23″W; alt. 250 m; 28 Sep. 2016; UNAB mem- bers leg.; UNAB 4369 ; Sucre • 2 workers; Ovejas; 09°32′4.1′00″N, 075°13′18.5″W; alt. 277 m; 4 Feb. 2016; H. Cadena leg.; MEFLG 40890 – 408901 .

Identification. Frontal carina quite sinuous; all carina very sharp and somewhat foliaceous; promesonotal tu- bercles acutely pointed; hind femur angulates at basal third, posteroventral border with a narrow foliaceous crest; postpetiole with a shallow mid-dorsal impression, hairs on head and gaster recurvate or hook-like, not ap- pressed; and tubercles on mesosoma sharply pointed ( Kempf 1965).

Distribution. Cyphomyrmex hamulatus is distributed throughout Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas and Pará), Co- lombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Venezuela ( Brandão 1991; Snelling and Longino 1992; Fernández and Sendoya 2004).

Figures

Figure 6. Cyphomyrmex species encountered in Colombia. A, B. Cyphomyrmex costatus, CASENT0281765/ S. Hartman. C, D. Cyphomyrmex hamulatus, CASENT0901673/ R. Perry. E, F. Cyphomyrmex laevigatus, CASENT0173956/ A. Nobile. G, H. Cyphomyrmex major, CASENT0909379/ W. Ericson. Photographs obtained from the Antweb database (http://www.antweb.org).