Apterostigma reburrum Lattke, 1997

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 : 1213

(13) Apterostigma reburrum Lattke, 1997

Figure 5A, B

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°55′00″N, 075°04′00″W; alt. 1045 m; 20 Apr. 1998; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 5454 ; Chocó • 1 worker; 05°40′40″N, 076°35′36″W; alt. 35 m; 24 Nov. 2001; J. Neita leg.; UNAB 5454 .

Identification. Subocular prominence higher than eye in frontal view of head; anteroventral petiolar denticle welldeveloped; body with abundant semi-erect thick hairs; propodeum without denticles; and cephalic neck short and lacking carina ( Lattke 1997).

Distribution. Besides the Colombian departments of An- tioquia, Valle del Cauca, and San Andres Island, A. reburrum is only known from French Guiana ( Lattke 1997; Fichaux et al. 2019), but this disjunct distribution sug- gests the species might be more widely distributed across northern South America and possibly the Caribbean.

Figures

Figure 5. Apterostigma and Cyphomyrmex species encountered in Colombia.A, B. Apterostigma reburrum, CASENT0901686/ R. Perry.C, D. Apterostigma robustum, CASENT0904977/ Z. Lieberman. E, F. Apterostigma pilosum complex, CASENT0603533/ A. Nobile. G, H. Cyphomyrmex cornutus, CASENT0923103/ W. Lee. Photographs obtained from the Antweb database (http://www.antweb.org).