First Record of the Genus Mycetarotes (Emery, 1913) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Colombia

Authors

  • Andrés Fernando Sánchez Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Argentina
  • Claudia Alejandra Medina Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Graham W Prescott Department of Zoology, Downing Street CB2 3EJ, University of Cambridge, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.331-333

Keywords:

fungus growing ant, biodiversity, ants, oil palm, Colombian Llanos

Abstract

The genus Mycetarotes is a fungus-growing ant (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) mostly recorded south of the Amazon: in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. Here we report the first record of this genus in Colombia: M. parallelus (Emery, 1906). We collected the specimen using pitfall taps in oil palm plantations. The discovery of this species represents a significant range extension for this genus.

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Published

2015-06-30

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Sánchez, A. F., Medina, C. A., & Prescott, G. W. (2015). First Record of the Genus Mycetarotes (Emery, 1913) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Colombia. Sociobiology, 62(2), 331–333. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.331-333

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Vol. 62 No. 2 (2015)

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