CRoP PRoTECTioN
A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the department
of Antioquia, Colombia and new records for the country
Lista de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del departamento
de Antioquia, Colombia, y nuevos registros para el país
Erika Valentina Vergara-Navarro1, 2 and Francisco Serna2, 3
ABSTRACT
RESUMEN
Antioquia is a state (department) of Colombia, located in the
northwestern Andes of South America. Geologically, the northwestern region of the Western Range in Antioquia and Chocó
includes the fault resulting from the connection between the
Isthmus of Panamá and South America. he Occidental and
Central cordilleras in Colombia are characterized by a number of reliefs, valleys and water basins, containing historical
biological refuges and endemisms. In this study, we present
the irst species-level checklist of the 255 species (in 64 genera
and 14 subfamilies) of ants currently known in Antioquia. One
hundred and ity-two (152) species had previously been registered for the state in diferent publications. Here, 103 additional
species are recognized. Most of these species are distributed in
other bioregions of the country as well. Forty-six percent are
present in the Amazon Province and 36% in the Colombian
Orinoco River basin. Less than 3% are found in the arid lands
of the Colombian Caribbean area, Guyana, and the Colombian
Paciic Province, plus the Caribbean islands. Sixty-three percent
of the species are shared with Costa Rica. Our checklist constitutes the largest roster of ants at the species level for a state in
Colombia to date and constitutes the beginning of the assessment of ant diversity in Antioquia. Many more ield trips are
necessary to gain a better understanding of the ant composition
of this state. he following 13 species are new to the records for
Colombia: Azteca diabolica, Camponotus amoris, C. eurynotus,
C. pachylepis, C. propinquus, C. tonduzi, Cerapachys toltecus,
Cylindromyrmex whymperi, Myrmicocrypta urichi, Pheidole
angulifera, Pseudomyrmex lisus, Solenopsis subterranea and
Trachymyrmex zeteki.
Antioquia es un departamento de Colombia localizado en los
Andes más noroccidentales de Suramérica. Geológicamente, la
región noroccidental de la Cordillera Occidental en Antioquia
y Chocó contiene la falla resultante de la unión entre el Istmo
de Panamá y Sudamérica. Las cordilleras Occidental y Central
de Colombia se caracterizan por presentar una cantidad importante de relieves, valles y cuencas hidrográicas compuestas por
refugios biológicos históricos y endemismos. En este estudio se
presenta la primera lista de las 255 especies (64 géneros, 14 subfamilias) de hormigas hasta ahora conocidas para Antioquia.
Ciento cincuenta y dos (152) especies están previamente registradas en diferentes publicaciones. Aquí se reconocen otras 103
especies. La mayoría de las especies están también distribuidas
en otras biorregiones del país. Cuarenta y seis por ciento de las
especies también se presentan en la provincia del Amazonas, y
36% también en la Orinoquía. Menos del 3% son compartidas
con las tierras áridas del Caribe colombiano, Provincia de la
Guyana y las islas colombianas del Pacíico y el Caribe. Sesenta
y tres porciento de las especies se comparten con Costa Rica.
Esta lista constituye el mayor registro de hormigas al nivel de
especie para un departamento de Colombia; aun así, éste es el
inicio de la estimación de la diversidad de especies de hormigas
de Antioquia. Muchos más trabajos de campo son necesarios
para alcanzar un mejor entendimiento de la composición de
la mirmecofauna de este departamento. Las siguientes 13 especies son nuevos registros para Colombia: Azteca diabolica,
Camponotus amoris, C. eurynotus, C. pachylepis, C. propinquus,
C. tonduzi, Cerapachys toltecus, Cylindromyrmex whymperi,
Myrmicocrypta urichi, Pheidole angulifera, Pseudomyrmex
lisus, Solenopsis subterranea and Trachymyrmex zeteki.
Key words: taxonomy, composition, biodiversity, biogeography.
Palabras clave: taxonomía, composición, biodiversidad,
biogeografía.
introduction
he recognition of species is a primary necessity in biology.
Studies and programs in developmental, conservation and
applied biology require taxonomy as a scientiic founda-
tion. Species possess unique biological characteristics with
regards to distribution, ecology, and behavior. Ecological
conclusions are partial or distorted if taxonomic information is incomplete (Prance, 1986; Vélez, 1990).
Received for publication: 18 October, 2013. Accepted for publication: 1 November, 2013.
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2
3
Master of Museology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogota (Colombia).
Grupo Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía (SIA), Museo Entomológico Universidad Nacional Agronomía Bogotá (UNAB). Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogota (Colombia). jsernac@unal.edu.co.
Department of Biological Sciences, he University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso (TX, USA).
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Out of the 21 worldwide ant subfamilies, 15 are recognized
as being from the Neotropics, including Agroecomyrmecinae, Amblyoponinae, Paraponerinae, Ponerinae, Proceratiinae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae, Leptanilloidinae,
Pseudomyrmecinae, Dolichoderinae, Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae, Formicinae, Martialinae, and Myrmicinae
(Bolton, 2003; Ward 2007). Within these subfamilies, 123
genera and 3,100 species are recognized as belonging to
the Neotropics (Fernández and Sendoya, 2004). Colombia
contains 14 subfamilies, 99 genera, and 806 species of ants
(Fernández et al., 1996a, 1996b; Fernández and Baena, 1997;
Palacio, 1997; Brandão et al., 1999; Fernández and Palacio,
1999; Ward, 1999; Fernández, 2000, 2001, 2002a, 2002b,
2004a, 2004b; Longino and Snelling, 2002; Serna, 2002;
Arias-Penna, 2003, 2006, 2007; Wilson, 2003; Zabala et
al., 2003, 2006; LaPolla, 2004; Feitosa and Brandão, 2008;
Guerrero and Olivero, 2007; Lattke et al., 2007a,b; Longino,
2007; Mackay et al., 2007; Sossa-Calvo and Longino 2007;
Vergara-Navarro et al., 2007; Wild, 2007; Fernández and
Guerrero, 2008; Guerrero and Fernández, 2008; Fernández
and Wilson, 2008; Galvis and Fernández, 2009; Guerrero,
2009; Guerrero et al., 2010; Guerrero and Sanabria, 2011).
he irst ant checklist for Colombia was published by
Fernández et al. (1996b). For a particular state, Chacón de
Ulloa et al. (1996) produced a list of 94 ant species for Valle
del Cauca, another Colombian state south of Antioquia.
Antioquia is a state (department) of Colombia, located in
the northwestern Andean region of the country, in the
northwestern Andes of South America (Fig. 1). Antioquia
is part of the Colombian Andean block, where tectonic
forces are released as a result of the collision of the Nazca,
Caribbean, and South America plates. A subduction zone
between the Nazca and South America plates formed the
Western Range (Toro-Villegas, 2006; IGAC, 2007). he
northwestern region of the Western Range in the states of
Antioquia and Chocó (Colombia) contains the fault resulting from the connection between the Isthmus of Panamá
and South America (Parra, pers. comm. 2011). he Western
Range is the new continental border with the Paciic Ocean.
he Antioquian territory and its location are the result of
diferent conluent rock systems. he rocks were shaped
through diferent geological periods, including the Precambrian, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic
periods (Toro-Villegas, 2006).
he state occupies an area of approximately 63,000 km2 and
comprises almost 6% of the Colombian territory. Eightyive percent of the state is conigured as mountains ranges
(IGAC, 2007). From the Southern to Northern Andes, two
Antioquia
Colombia
FigURE 1. Location of the state of Antioquia, Colombia.
mountain ranges (Western and Central) enter Antioquia,
separated by the Cauca River. he western range branches
northward into three distinct serranías (mountain ranges):
Abibe (western), San Jerónimo (central) and Ayapel (eastern). he Central Cordillera branches into two mountain
ranges separated by the Porce River, forming a U-shaped
valley where the city of Medellín is situated. he valleys
formed by the Cauca and Magdalena Rivers in Antioquia
are located at around of 1,000 m a.s.l. he Central Cordillera fades out northward into the serranía of San Lucas in
Southern Bolivar, a state east of Antioquia. he Occidental
and Central cordilleras are characterized by a number of
reliefs, valleys and water basins containing historical biological refuges and endemisms (Espinal, 1992; Hernández
et al., 1992; Lozano-Zambrano et al., 2007; IGAC, 2007).
Antioquia is considered to be part of the biogeographical
provinces of Chocó, Magdalena, and Cauca (Morrone,
2006). From an administrative point of view, Antioquia
encompasses nine subregions, with 125 municipalities
(SAA, 2002; IGAC, 2007).
In the pertinent literature, 152 recorded species of ants
from Antioquia were found, belonging to 48 genera and
11 subfamilies (Weber, 1940; Brown, 1965; Kempf, 1972;
Fernández, 1990, 1991; Schneider, 1990; Fernández et al.,
1996b; Lattke, 1997; Brandão et al., 1999; Palacio, 1999;
Serna, 1999; Yepes et al., 1999; Ward, 1999; Gómez, 2001;
Serna and Vergara-Navarro, 2001; 2007a, 2007b; Cárdenas,
2002; Longino and Snelling, 2002; Serna, 2002; Toro, 2002;
Longino 2003; Wilson, 2003; LaPolla, 2004; Vahos, 2004;
Aponte-Cubides, 2006; Zabala et al., 2006; Arias-Penna,
2007; Lattke et al., 2007a, 2007b; Mackay et al., 2007;
Sossa-Calvo and Longino, 2007; Vergara-Navarro et al.,
2007; Wild, 2007). Some of the aforementioned studies
involved the recognition of a new species, Octostruma
impressa (Myrmicinae) (Palacio, 1997), and two recent
species were registered for Colombia: Stegomyrmex manni
(Myrmicinae) (Serna, 2002), and Leptanilloides biconstricta
(Leptanilloidinae) (Zabala et al., 2006).
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Several studies involving ant ecology have recently been
carried out in the state, including Vergara-Navarro et al.
(2007), Vahos (2004), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2001,
2007a, 2007b), Toro (2002), Serna (1999), and Amarillo
(1999). Despite our knowledge of species records for 75%
of the municipalities, collections are still meager and the
vast majority of these records does not follow the recommendations for standard ant sampling suggested in the ALL
protocol (Alonso and Agosti, 2000). Samplings adhering
to the protocol, or nearly so, have been applied in the following localities: Porce, the municipality of Amali (Serna,
1999), Aburrá Valley, municipalities of Medellín and Envigado (Toro, 2002; Vergara-Navarro et al., 2007), and El
Retiro (Vahos, 2004). In this paper, based on the project
“Ants of Antioquia”, we present an ant checklist from 94
municipalities. he main aim of the present study was to
produce the irst taxonomic species-level checklist of the
ants in Antioquia.
Materials and methods
Within the elapsed period of 1995-2010, the authors of the
present paper and collaborators collected and identiied ant
specimens from diferent localities. For curatorial process
of dried and in-alcohol preserved specimens, we followed
the standard procedures of the Museo Entomológico UNAB
and Lattke (2000). In addition, specimens housed in the
following collections were examined: “Museo Entomológico
UNAB” (Universidad Nacional Agronomía Bogotá);
MEFLG (UNCM) (“Museo Entomológico Francisco Luis
Gallego”, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín);
IAvH (“Instituto Alexander von Humboldt”); CEUA
(“Colección Entomológica Universidad de Antioquia”);
MEPB (“Museo Entomológico Piedras Blancas”); MEMB
(“Museo Entomológico Marcial Benavides”); Laboratory
of Entomology (Universidad de la Paz, Barrancabermeja);
(Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de
Colombia, Bogotá); MPUJ (“Museo de Historia Natural
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana”); MZSP (“Museu de
Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo”); CWEM (William
and Emma Mackay Collection, he University of Texas at
El Paso, TX). In 1999 and 2000, in the Antioquian localities
of Porce, Santo Domingo, and Santa Fé de Antioquia, Serna
and Vergara carried out three studies based on the ALL
protocol. he results of those studies were included in the
present work as well.
Specimens representing 70% of the species herein recorded
are housed in the UNAB museum. At diferent collections
and museums, we were able to examine, compare, and
conirm all species herein cited.
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In this study, previously recorded species were included
for Antioquia and the following literature was consulted
to identify specimens of diferent subfamilies (Ectatomminae, Paraponerinae, Proceratiinae, Heteroponerinae,
Amblyoponinae and Ponerinae): Brown (1958, 1975, 1976),
Fernández (1990), Wild (2005), Lattke et al. (2007a,b); Dolichoderinae: Mackay (1993); Formicinae: LaPolla (2004);
Myrmicinae: Brandão (1990), Bolton (2000), Longino
(2003), and Wilson (2003).
For the recognized species, their geographic distribution in
Colombia was also of interest, based on the biogeographic
units considered by Hernández et al. (1992). For specieslevel identiication, all the Colombian states recorded in the
literature were combed. Maps of these states were superimposed onto the biogeographic unit maps of Hernández et al.
(1992). Species are recorded for the following biogeographic
units of Colombia (see Taxonomic checklist) considered
by Hernández et al. (1992): TIOC “Territorios Insulares
Oceánicos Caribeños”; TIOP “Territorios Insulares Oceánicos del Paciico”; CAP, “Cinturón Árido Precaribeño”;
MSN “Macizo de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta”; PCM,
“Provincia del Chocó-Magdalena”; PO, “Provincia de la
Orinoquía”; PG, “Provincia de la Guyana”; PA, “Provincia
de la Amazonía”; and PN, “Provincia Norandina”.
Results and discussion
Approximately 5,600 specimens were evaluated. In Tab.
1, there is a comparison of genera and species richness for
each subfamily involving Antioquia, Colombia and the
Neotropics (Hernández et al., 1992; Lozano-Zambrano
et al., 2007). It is striking that, excluding Martialinae, the
subfamilies recorded for the entire Neotropics are present
in Antioquia. Twenty two genera and 91 species are cited
here as new records for Antioquia. he composition (ant
checklist) of species of Antioquia is included in List 1.
In this study, a species-level checklist for the 255 species
currently known for Antioquia, Colombia is provided.
Considering the few studies carried out to date, this inding
represents a signiicant number of species. he composition of species includes 93, 53 and 8% of the subfamilies,
genera and species, respectively, known to exist in the
Neotropics, and 100, 65 and 30% of the subfamilies, genera
and species of Colombia. he subfamily Myrmicinae, with
87 species, constitutes 34% of the species in Antioquia. he
poneroid and formicoids, ectaheteromorphs groups, sensu
Ward (2007): Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Ectatomminae,
Heteroponerinae, Paraponerinae, Proceratiinae and Agroecomyrmecinae, account for 18 genera and 68 species (26%).
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Camponotus (31 species, 12%), Pseudomyrmex (26 species,
10%), and Pachycondyla (20 species, 8%) are the three most
represented genera. Fity-nine percent of the species are
shared with the North Andean Province (PN), 40% with
the Amazon Province (PA), while 35% are shared with the
Orinoquia Province (PO). Less than 25% of the species are
shared with a belt of arid lands in the Caribbean coast of
Colombia, Guyana province, and the island territories.
Sixty-three percent of the species of Antioquia are shared
with Costa Rica, which is a country in close vicinity and the
most consistently ant-surveyed country in Latin American
(Longino 2011). Close to 900 species are recorded for Costa
Rica and 255 species are herein recorded for Antioquia.
Despite the fact that 63% of the ants from Antioquia are
shared with Costa Rica, there exists a high likelihood that
this shared percentage will be considerably reduced when
more ants are identiied and sampling in Antioquia is intensiied. he current wide distribution of several genera
considered herein is recorded as the result of the Great
American Biotic Interchange of species, ater the closing of
the Isthmus of Panama in the late Pliocene Period (Kimsey,
1992). Brown (1973) recorded the following genera moving
through the Isthmus as a result of the interchange: Atta,
Azteca, Cylindromyrmex, Ectatomma, Acanthoponera,
Paraponera, and haumatomyrmex.
Lozano-Zambrano et al. (2007) studied the biogeography
of the poneroids Paraponera and haumatomyrmex and
the formicoids Ectatomminae (Ectatomma included) and
Heteroponerinae (Acanthoponera included) in Colombia.
Lozano-Zambrano et al. (2007) found that there is not a
clear correspondence between their study and Hernández et
al. (1992), regarding the Colombian natural regions. here
is a separation of two large groups of these ants with 50%
similarity between the Andean region, including Biogeographic Chocó (states of Nariño through Antioquia), the
Cauca River valley, and the Central and Eastern Mountain
Ranges and a second group encompassing Orinoquia
and Amazonia. Our study was similar to that of LozanoZambrano et al. (2007) because 40% of the species found in
Antioquia (Andean region) are also present in the Amazon
(PA) and 35% in Orinoquia (PO).
Antioquia was part of the Chocó-Magdalena province
(Hernández et al., 1992). his province was subsequently divided into the present-day provinces of Chocó, Magdalena,
and Cauca (Morrone, 2006). he Chocó province extends
from Ecuador to Panamá, the Magdalena province extends
from Colombia to Venezuela, and the Cauca province is
comprised of western Colombia and Ecuador (Morrone,
2006). he recent geological events related to the closing of
the Panamanian Isthmus, 2.5 mya (millions of years ago),
and the elevation of the Andes, which at least for the Eastern
Cordillera was no more than 40% of its modern elevation
at 4 mya (Gregory-Wodzicki, 2000), possibly account for
an early wide-distribution of species in the lowlands and
further isolation of the species due to the elevation of the
Andes and the climate changes in the Pleistocene Period
(Lattke, 2003). Hypothetically, in the eastern territory of
Colombia (Orinoquia, Llanos and Amazon), 35% of the
species recorded herein and shared among Antioquia
(PCM), Orinoquia (PO) and Amazonas (PA) may have been
connected when low elevations dominated the landscapes
between the Central and Oriental Cordilleras during the
middle of the Miocene through the early Pliocene Periods
(Gregory-Wodzicki, 2000; Lozano-Zambrano et al., 2007).
he strategic geographical location of the state, between
the Isthmus of Panama, the Province of Chocó, the Andes
Range Mountains, and the Province of Magdalena, provides
Antioquia with special conditions for biodiversity. he high
representation of ant subfamilies and genera found in this
study suggests that Antioquia is a state remarkably rich in
species and, therefore, it is necessary to intensify collecting
trips to obtain a better understanding of the composition
of these lineages in Antioquia and Colombia as a whole.
Thirteen species herein encountered for the state of
Antioquia are registered for the irst time for Colombia.
he data of these new records are as follows: Camponotus
amoris. One worker. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Alejandría,
November 1974, R. Vélez (MEFLG). Antioquia: Andes, May
1987, M. Hernández (MEFLG) (previously recorded for
Brazil: Forel, 1904). Camponotus eurynotus. One worker, one
gyne. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Amali, Cañón del Porce,
Tenche, 6°46.3’ N 75°5.0’ W, bosque, 3 July, 1998, dosel,
F. Serna (MEFLG) (previously recorded for Brazil: Forel,
1907). Camponotus integellus. One worker. COLOMBIA.
Antioquia: Parque Nacional Orquídeas, 1,430 m a.s.l., 4
April 1996, E. Palacio (IAVH) (previously recorded for
Costa Rica: Forel, 1899). Camponotus orthocephalus. hree
workers. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Medellín, 29 May,
1940. Cattleya pseudobulbs, EQA 72362, Lot # 40-11865
(USNM). hree workers. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: without
locality, 29 April 1941, Cattleya, Hoboken #1262, Lot #
41-7365 (USNM) (previously recorded for Brazil: Emery,
1894). Camponotus pachylepis. Two workers, two gynes.
COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Medellín, 1,800 m a.s.l., 23 July
1938, N. Weber (MCZC) (previously recorded for Brazil:
Emery, 1894). Camponotus propinquus. hree workers, four
gynes. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Río Porce, 1,020 m a.s.l.,
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23 July 1938, N. Weber (MCZC). Camponotus tonduzi. One
worker. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Amali, Cañón del Porce,
Tenche, 6°46.3’ N 75°5.0’ W. Forest, 3 Agust 1998, F. Serna
(MEFLG) (previously recorded for Costa Rica: Forel, 1899).
Pseudomyrmex lisus. One worker. COLOMBIA. Antioquia:
Venecia, Bolombolo rural lane, La Cascada farm, 7 km to
Venecia, 1,350 m a.s.l., 5º58’ N 75º44’ W, August 2004,
J.E. Arango, in Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae)-ceiba
de agua (UNAB 3191) (previously recorded for Costa
Rica: Ward, 2008). Cerapachys toltecus. 4 workers.
COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Amali, Cañón del Porce, 980 m
a.s.l. 6º 46,661’ N 75º 05,382’ W, 27 October 1997, F. Serna
(UNAB 3549, MEFLG 6936, 5714) (previously recorded
for Guatemala and Belice: Brown, 1975). Cylindromyrmex
whymperi. Two workers. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Amali,
Cañón del Porce-Normandía, 1,045 m a.s.l., 6º46,661’
N 75º05,382’ W, 27 October 1997, F. Serna (UNAB
3550, MEFLG 5715) (previously recorded for Panamá
and Ecuador: Brown, 1975). Myrmicocrypta urichi. 15
workers. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Santafé de Antioquia,
El Espinal rural lane, Cotové farm, 6º33’32’’ N 77º04’51’’
W, 600 m a.s.l., 6 October 2000, E. Vergara and F. Serna
(UNAB) (previously recorded for Trinidad: Weber,
1945). Solenopsis subterranea. Ten workers. COLOMBIA,
Antioquia: Carepa, 22 April 2010, D. Restrepo (UNAB
3559) (previously recorded for Texas: Mackay and Vinson,
1989; Costa Rica: Longino, 2005). Pheidole angulifera.
Five workers. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Turbo, Currulao,
13 May 2010, D. Restrepo (UNAB 3560) (previously
recorded for Costa Rica: Wilson, 2003). Azteca diabolica.
One gyne. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Amali, Cañón del
Porce, 1997. F. Serna (MEFLG) (previously recorded for
Panama: Guerrero et al., 2010). Trachymyrmex zeteki.
Four workers. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Amali, Cañón
del Porce, 1997. F. Serna (UNAB) (previously recorded
for Panama: Weber, 1940, 1958).
List 1. Taxonomic checklist of species of Formicidae in
Antioquia, Colombia, and the localities where they have
been found. Subfamilies, genera, and species are organized alphabetically. Nomenclature is based on Bolton
et al. (2006). CAP, MSN, PA, PCM, PG, PN, PO, TIOC,
and TIOP indicate the biogeographic units of Colombia
(Hernández et al., 1992) (explained in materials and methods) where species have been previously reported. “New
Records for Colombia” and species without a citation
reference are recorded here for the irst time for Antioquia.
AGROECOMYRMECINAE
Tatuidris tatusia Brown and Kempf, 1968. Támesis, Otra
banda rural lane, El Alcazar farm: 1,800 m a.s.l.
AMBLYOPONINAE
Stigmatomma lurilabes Lattke, 1991. Fernández et al.
(1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (CAP, PCM,
PO, PN and PG). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Prionopelta amabilis Borgmeier, 1949. Arias-Pennas (2007)
(PCM, PA and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (CAP, PCM, PA and PN) Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
TABlE 1. Number of genera (Gen.) and species (spp.) of Formicidae of each subfamily in the Neotropics, Colombia and Antioquia. * indicates number
of genera recorded for Antioquia within each subfamily; ( ): between parentheses is the number of genera recorded for the first time for Antioquia.
Region
Subfamilies
Martialinae
Dolichoderinae
Formicinae
Pseudomyrmecinae
Cerapachyinae
Ecitoninae
Leptanilloidinae
Amblyoponinae
Ponerinae
Ectatomminae
Heteroponerinae
Paraponerinae
Proceratiinae
Agroecomyrmecinae
Myrmicinae
Total
328
Neotropics
Colombia
Antioquia
genera
spp.
genera
spp.
genera
spp.
1
8
15
2
4
5
2
3
12
3
2
1
3
1
58
120
1
223
416
139
39
137
8
22
262
121
17
2
32
1
1598
3018
6
8
2
3
5
1
2
11
3
2
1
3
1
50
98
73
92
61
8
43
3
7
113
65
6
1
14
1
358
845
5
5* (4)
1
2
5
1
2
6* (5)
3
2
1
3
1
27* (13)
64* (22)
19
37
26
3
13
2
4
36
20
3
1
3
1
87
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Prionopelta modesta Forel, 1909. Arias-Penna (2007), Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007), Serna and Vergara-Navarro
(2007a) (PCM, PO and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus ghilianii Emery, 1894. Serna (1999) (PCM,
PA and PN). Santo Domingo, Porce: 1,000 m a.s.l., Santo
Domingo: Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l., Amali, Cañón del PorceLa Calandría: 1,010 m a.s.l.
CERAPACHYINAE
Dolichoderus gibbosus (Smith, 1858) (PCM). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Cerapachys toltecus Forel, 1909. New record for Colombia
(PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Cylindromyrmex schmidti (Menozzi, 1931). Amali, Cañón
del Porce-Normandia: 1,045 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus imitator Emery, 1894. Schneider (1990), Serna
(1999) (PCM, PO, PA and PN) Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l., San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”:
515 m a.s.l.
Cylindromyrmex whymperi Cameron, 1891. New record for
Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus piceus (Mackay, 1993) (PCM and PN). Amali,
Cañón del Porce-La Calandría: 1,010 m a.s.l.
DOLICHODERINAE
Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus Roger, 1862. Serna (1999)
(PCM, PA and PN). Puerto Triunfo: 150 m a.s.l., Mutata:
66 m a.s.l. San Luis: 1,075 m a.s.l., Puerto Triunfo, Rio
Claro: 200 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-Fosforito:
945 m a.s.l.
Azteca diabolica Guerrero, Delabie and Dejean, 2010. New
record for Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce.
980 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus attelaboides (Fabricius, 1775) (PCM, PA and
PN). Santafe de Antioquia: 550 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata:
1,828 m a.s.l. Sopetrán: 750 m a.s.l. San Luis: 1,075 m
a.s.l. Envigado: 1,573 m a.s.l. Amagá: 1332 m a.s.l. Amali,
Cañón del Porce-Santa Lucia: 950 m a.s.l. Puerto Triunfo:
115 m a.s.l. Apartado: 5 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo: 1,100 m
a.s.l. Valdivia: 1,165 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus schulzi Emery, 1894. Schneider (1990),
Fernández et al. (1996a) (PCM, PA and PN). Medellin:
1540 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus baenae Mackay, 1993. Schneider (1990) (CAP,
PCM, PO, PA and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980
m a.s.l.
Dorymyrmex brunneus Forel, 1908. Vergara-Navarro et
al. (2007) (PCM, PA and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus bispinosus Olivier, 1792. Serna (1999) (CAP,
PCM, PO, PA and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980
m a.s.l.
Linepithema iniquum Mayr, 1870. Wild (2007) (PCM, PN
and CAP). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus curvilobus (Lattke, 1987) (PCM, PA, PN).
Anorí, Estación Biológica Río Anorí
Dolichoderus debilis (Emery, 1890) (PCM). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus decollatus Smith, 1858. Schneider (1990),
Serna (1999) (CAP, MSN, PCM, PO, PA and PN). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 970 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del PorceSan Ignacio: 970 m a.s.l. Yolombó, Porce (Normandia):
1010 m a.s.l. Cocorná, La Vetá rural lane, San Antonio
stream, San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515
m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus diversus (Emery, 1894) (PCM and PN). San
Luis, San Pablo, San Antonio stream: 780 m a.s.l.
Dolichoderus superaculus Lattke, 1987. Schneider (1990),
Fernández et al. (1996a) (PCM, PA and PN). Remedios:
680 m a.s.l.
Linepithema piliferum (Mayr, 1870) (PCM and PN). Medellin, Alvernia: 2,400 m a.s.l. Puerto Nare, Nare river:
800 m a.s.l.
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793. Serna (1999),
Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007) (PCM, PO and PN). San
Carlos, El Jordán rural lane: 1,010 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata,
La Clara rural lane, Vegas de la Clara farm: 1,080 m a.s.l.
Caucasia: 50 m a.s.l. Medellin: 1,496 m a.s.l. Amali,
Cañón del Porce-Santa Lucia: 950 m a.s.l.
ECITONINAE
Cheliomyrmex andicola Emery, 1894. Fernández et al.
(1996a), Serna (1999), Toro (2002) (PCM, PA and PN).
Gómez Plata: 1,828 m a.s.l. Medellin: 1,538 m a.s.l. Santafe de Antioquia, La Contadora, Las Flores farm: 550
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m a.s.l. Rionegro: 2,120 m a.s.l. Santafe de Antioquia:
550 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo Porce: 1,300 m a.s.l. Amali,
Cañón del Porce-Tenche: 1,000 m a.s.l. Medellín, Santa
Elena rural lane: 2,300 m a.s.l. Támesis, La Virgen rural
line: 1,500 m a.s.l. Copacabana, El Cabuyal rural line:
1650 m a.s.l. Rionegro: 2,120 m a.s.l.
Eciton burchelli (Westwood, 1842) (PCM, CAP, PO, PA and
PN). Palacio (1999), Serna (1999). Santafe de Antioquia:
550 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo, Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l. Andes:
1,357 m a.s.l. Cisneros: 1,038 m a.s.l. Concepción: 1,862
m a.s.l. Ebéjico: 1,150 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del PorceLa Cancana: 1,010 m a.s.l. Támesis, La Matilde and La
Fabiola rural lanes: 1,770 m a.s.l. San Luis: 1,050 m a.s.l.
Santa Barbara, Versalles rural lane, Los Naranjos farm:
1,700 m a.s.l. Amagá: 1,332 m a.s.l. Cocorná: 1,200 m a.s.l.
Eciton hamatum Fabricius, 1782. Palacio (1999) (PCM,
CAP, PA and PN). Murindo: 23 m a.s.l. Frontino: 900 m
a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-Normandia: 1,000 m a.s.l.
Puerto Triunfo, Río Claro: 1,50 m a.s.l. San Carlos: 1,010
m a.s.l. Remedios: 580 m a.s.l. Medellin, San Antonio de
Prado: 1,800 m a.s.l. San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Río
Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Eciton jansoni Forel, 1912. Palacio (1999) (PCM and PN).
La Estrella: 1,775 m a.s.l.
Eciton vagans Olivier, 1792. Palacio (1999) (PCM, CAP,
PO, PA and PN). Santafe de Antioquia, Cotove farm: 607
m a.s.l. Medellin: 1,496 m a.s.l. Cocorná: 1,286 m a.s.l.
Támesis, El Barro, La Colina: 1,520 m a.s.l. San Luis “El
Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802. Palacio (1999), Serna (1999),
Toro (2002) (PCM, CAP, PA and PN). Amali, Cañón del
Porce-Fosforito: 970 m a.s.l. Santafe de Antioquia, Cotove
farm: 607 m a.s.l. Copacabana: 1,425 m a.s.l. Medellin:
1,538 m a.s.l. San Luis: 1,075 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del
Porce-La Picardia: 975 m a.s.l. Caldas: 1,789 m a.s.l.
Támesis, La Virgen and La Cumbre rural lanes: 1,610
m a.s.l. Medellín: 1,445 m a.s.l. Caucasia, La Candelaria
rural lane, La Candelaria U de A farm: 80 m a.s.l. Ciudad
Bolivar, Alferez district: 1,500 m a.s.l.
Labidus praedator Smith, 1858. Palacio (1999), Toro (2002)
(PCM, PA and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce-Fosforito:
970 m a.s.l. Medellin: 1,538 m a.s.l. Rionegro: 2,120 m
a.s.l. Amagá: 1,392 m a.s.l. Andes: 1,357 m a.s.l. Envigado:
1,575 m a.s.l. San Francisco: 1,050 m a.s.l. San Pedro:
2,000 m a.s.l. Medellin, Robledo La Campiña district:
1,534 m a.s.l. Cocorná: 1,200 m a.s.l. Támesis: 1,200 m
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a.s.l. Betania: 1,550 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo: 1,950 m a.s.l.
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 970 m a.s.l.
Labidus spininodis Emery, 1890. Palacio (1999) (PCM, PA
and PN). Támesis, La Virgen and La Cumbre rural lanes:
1,610 m a.s.l. Támesis, Hacha La Miranda: 1,490 m a.s.l.
Neivamyrmex halidaii Shuckard, 1840 (PCM and PN).
Medellin: 1,534 m a.s.l. Bello Fontidueño: 1,495 m a.s.l.
Caucasia, La Candelaria rural lane, La Candelaria U de
A farm: 80 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l.
Neivamyrmex planidorsus (Emery, 1906) (PCM and PN).
Amali, Cañón del Porce-Fosforito: 970 m a.s.l.
Neivamyrmex rosenbergi Forel, 1911. Palacio (1999) (PCM
and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Westwood, 1842. Palacio (1999),
Serna (1999) (CAP, PCM, PO, PA and PN). Fredonia,
Marsella rural lane: 1,800 m a.s.l. Titiribi, Otra mina
rural lane: 1,550 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-La
Calandría: 1,010 m a.s.l. San Francisco: 1,050 m a.s.l.
Támesis, San Nicolas rural lane: 1,510 m a.s.l. Santa
Barbara: 1,846 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata, Normandia farm:
1,000 m a.s.l.
Nomamyrmex hartigii (Westwood, 1842) (PCM, PO and
PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
ECTATOMMINAE
Ectatomma brunneum Smith, 1858. Fernández et al.
(1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PN,
PA, MSN and PO). San Luis, San Pablo rural lane, San
Antonio stream: 780 m a.s.l.
Ectatomma quadridens (Fabricius, 1793). Medellin: 1,538
m a.s.l.
Ectatomma ruidum Roger, 1860. Fernández, 1991, Fernández et al. (1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a)
(PCM, PN, PA, MSN, CAP, PO and PCM). Cisneros:
1,038 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata: 1,828 m a.s.l. Titiribi, Otra
mina rural lane: 1,550 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata, La Clara rural
lane, Vegas de la Clara farm: 1,080 m a.s.l. Urrao: 1,800
m a.s.l. Santo Domingo: 1,100 m a.s.l. Medellin: 1,538 m
a.s.l. El Retiro: 2,169 m a.s.l. Sopetrán: 750 m a.s.l. San
Luis: 1,075 m a.s.l. San Carlos: 1,010 m a.s.l. Chigorodo:
34 m a.s.l. San Jerónimo 820 m a.s.l. Frontino, Parque
Nacional Natural Las Orquideas: 900 m a.s.l. Apartado:
150 m a.s.l. Concepción: 1,862 m a.s.l. Santafe de Antioquia, Cotove farm: 600 m a.s.l. Yolombó, Cañón del
Porce-Tenche: 1,010 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-La
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Calandría: 1,010 m a.s.l. Remedios: 680 m a.s.l. Caucasia,
La Candelaria farm: 50 m a.s.l. Turbo, Currulao rural
lane (Urabá): 1 m a.s.l. Caucasia, La Candelaria U de
A farm: 80 m a.s.l. Barbosa, El Hatillo rural lane: 1,308
m a.s.l. Jerico, Cauca Viejo rural lane: 400 m a.s.l. Bello
Fontidueño: 1,495 m a.s.l. Cocorná, La Veta rural lane:
1,000 m a.s.l. San Jerónimo: 820 m a.s.l. Santa Barbara,
La Pintada rural lane: 900 m a.s.l. San Luis, San Pablo
rural lane, San Antonio stream: 780 m a.s.l.
Ectatomma tuberculatum Olivier, 1792. Fernández 1991,
Fernández et al. (1996a); Serna and Vergara-Navarro
(2007a) (PCM, PN, PA, MSN, CAP, PO and PCM). Santafe de Antioquia: 550 m a.s.l. Támesis, San Isidro rural
lane: 1,200 m a.s.l. Medellin: 1,538 m a.s.l. Mutata: 66
m a.s.l. Turbo: 2 m a.s.l. Fredonia, Puente Iglesias rural
lane: 1,800 m a.s.l. Santa Barbara, La Pintada rural lane:
1,846 m a.s.l. Sopetrán: 750 m a.s.l. Remedios: 1,063 m
a.s.l. Turbo: 2 m a.s.l. Mutata: 66 m a.s.l. Yolombó, Porce
(Normandia): 1,010 m a.s.l. Caucasia, La Candelaria rural lane, La Candelaria U de A farm: 80 m a.s.l. Maceo,
reserve of Alicante river canyon: 80 m a.s.l. Cocorná,
La Veta rural lane: 1,000 m a.s.l. Puerto Raudal, 1,750
m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-La Calandría, Carepa,
Tulenapa farm: 28 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys andina Lattke, 1995. Lattke et al. (2007)
(PCM, PA, PN and PO). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980
m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr, 1887. Lattke et al. (2007),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a). (PCM, PN, PA and
PO). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 970 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys continua Mayr, 1887. Lattke et al. (2007),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PN and PA).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 970 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys ejuncida Lattke, 1995. Lattke et al. (2007),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PA and PN).
Cocorná, La Vetá rural lane, San Antonio stream.
Gnamptogenys haenschei Emery, 1902. Lattke et al. (2007)
(PA, PCM, PO, CAP and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys mecotyle Brown, 1958. Lattke et al. (2007)
(PCM and PA). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys minuta Emery, 1896. Lattke et al. (2007)
(PCM, PA, CAP, MSN and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys mordax Smith, 1858. Lattke et al. (2007),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a). (PCM, PN and PA).
Frontino: 900 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys porcata Emery, 1896. Lattke et al. (2007)
(PCM, PA, CAP and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980
m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884. Lattke et al. (2007)
(PCM, PO, PA, PN, CAP and PG). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys strigata Norton, 1868. Lattke et al. (2007),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PN, PA and
PO). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys sulcata Smith, 1858. Lattke et al. (2007)
(PCM, CAP, PA, MSN, PO and PG). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys triangularis Mayr, 1887 Lattke et al. (2007)
(PCM and MSN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894. Brown 1965, Fernández et al. (1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a)
(PCM, PN and PA). Venecia: 1,350 m a.s.l.
FORMICINAE
Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914. Fernández et al. (1996a),
LaPolla (2004) (PCM and PO). Amali, Cañón del PorceLa Calandría: 990 m a.s.l. Puerto de Los Pobres: 720 m
a.s.l.
Acropyga goeldii (Forel, 1893) (PCM and PN). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893. LaPolla (2004) (PCM). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Brachymyrmex heeri (Forel, 1874) (PCM and CAP). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys hartmani Wheeler, 1915. Lattke et al. (2007)
(PCM and PA). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus amoris Forel, 1904. New record for Colombia
(PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Gnamptogenys horni Santschi, 1929. Lattke et al. (2007),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PN, PA, PCM, PO
and PG). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus atriceps Smith, 1858. Gómez (2001), VergaraNavarro et al. (2007) (PCM, PN, PA and PO). Betania:
1,550 m a.s.l. Sopetrán: 723 m a.s.l. Amagá: 1,332 m a.s.l.
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Medellin, Universidad Nacional-Núcleo El volador: 1,593
m a.s.l. Fredonia: 1,900 m a.s.l. Tarazá: 108 m a.s.l. San
Jerónimo: 750 m a.s.l. Andes: 1,357 m a.s.l. Vegachi: 980
m a.s.l. Amali, “Cañón del Porce, Campamento”: 990 m
a.s.l. Caucasia: 50 m a.s.l. San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón
de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Camponotus nitens Mayr, 1870 (PCM and PN). San Luis:
1,075 m a.s.l.
Camponotus auricomus Roger, 1862 (PCM). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870 (PCM, PO and
PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce-El Encanto: 970 m a.s.l.
Camponotus blandus Smith, 1858 (PCM). Santafe de Antioquia: 550 m a.s.l.
Camponotus orthocephalus Emery, 1894. New record for
Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus brevis Forel, 1899 (PCM). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 1,020 m a.s.l. Amagá: 1,332 m a.s.l.
Camponotus pachylepis Emery, 1920. New record for
Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus bugnioni Forel, 1899. Cárdenas (2002),
Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007) (PCM, CAP and MSN).
Caucasia: 50 m a.s.l. Barbosa: 1,308 m a.s.l. Medellin:
1,538 m a.s.l. Bello: 1,495 m a.s.l. Arboletes: 10 m a.s.l.
Carepa: 10 m a.s.l. Tarazá, Rayo river: 100 m a.s.l. San
Pedro de Uraba: 8 m a.s.l.
Camponotus canescens Mayr, 1870 (PCM). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus chartifex Smith, 1860. Fernández (2002a)
(PCM, PA and PG). Puerto Triunfo, Rio Claro: 150 m a.s.l.
Camponotus coloratus Forel, 1904 (PCM). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus coruscus Smith, 1862. Cárdenas (2002) (PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 970 m a.s.l.
Camponotus nitidior Santschi, 1921. Fernández (2002a)
(PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce-Tenche: 1,000 m a.s.l.
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 990 m a.s.l.
Camponotus propinquus Mayr, 1887. New record for Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus raphaelis Forel, 1869 (PCM). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus sericeiventris Guérin-Méneville, 1838 (PCM,
PA and PN). Bolívar: 1,250 m a.s.l. Cáceres: 100 m a.s.l.
San Luis: 1,075 m a.s.l. Valdivia: 1,165 m a.s.l. Mutata:
66 m a.s.l.
Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793 (PCM, MSN, PN).
Turbo: 10 m a.s.l.
Camponotus sphenoidalis Mayr, 1870 (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus eurynotus Forel, 1907. New record for Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus striatus Smith, 1862. Vergara-Navarro et al.
(2007) (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus excisus Mayr, 1870 (PCM). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus substitutus Emery, 1894 (PCM, MSN, PO and
PA). Sonson, La Violeta stream: 1,000 m a.s.l.
Camponotus indianus Forel, 1879 (PCM and PN). San
Andres de Cuerquia: 1,530 m a.s.l. Medellin: 1,700 m
a.s.l. Frontino: 1,350 m a.s.l. Jardin: 1,805 m a.s.l. Caldas:
1,797 m a.s.l. Sopetrán, Santa Rita rural lane: 723 m a.s.l.
Santa Barbara, Versalles rural lane, Los Naranjos farm:
1,846 m a.s.l.
Camponotus tonduzi Forel, 1899. New record for Colombia
(PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus integellus Forel, 1899. New record for Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus lindigi Mayr, 1870 (PCM and PA). Santafe de
Antioquia: 550 m a.s.l.
Camponotus linnaei Forel, 1886 (PCM). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Camponotus mus Roger, 1863 (PCM). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
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Camponotus zoc Forel, 1879 (PCM). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Nylanderia nodifera Mayr, 1870. Fernández et al. (1996)
(PCM and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille 1802. Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
HETEROPONERINAE
Acanthoponera mucronata Roger, 1860. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (PCM, PN and PA). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
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Heteroponera inca Brown, 1958. Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce:
1,000 m a.s.l.
Heteroponera microps Borgmeier, 1957. Kempf (1972),
Fernández (1990), Fernández et al. (1996a), Serna and
Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM and PN). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
LEPTANILLOIDINAE
Leptanilloides biconstricta Mann, 1923. Zábala et al. (2006)
(PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Leptanilloides sculpturata Brandão, Diniz, Agosti and Delabie, 1999. Brandão et al. (1999), Delabie (1999) (PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
MYRMICINAE
Acromyrmex aspersus Smith, 1858. Fernández et al. (1996),
Toro (2002) (PCM and PN). Granada: 2,050 m a.s.l.
Rionegro: 2,137 m a.s.l. Caldas: 1,789 m a.s.l. La Ceja:
2,180 m a.s.l. Medellin, Bocana: 1,486 m a.s.l. Betania:
1,550 m a.s.l. Granada: 2,050 m a.s.l. Andes: 1,537 m a.s.l.
Guarne: 2,143 m a.s.l. Marinilla: 2,100 m a.s.l. El Peñol:
1,900 m a.s.l. Santuario: 2,200 m a.s.l. La Estrella: 1,764 m
a.s.l. Santuario: 2,200 m a.s.l. Támesis, La Matilde rural
lane, La Fabiola farm: 1,850 m a.s.l.
Acromyrmex coronatus Fabricius, 1804. Toro (2002) (PCM,
PO, PA and PN). Concepción: 1,862 m a.s.l.
Acromyrmex landolti Forel, 1885. Serna (1999) (CAP, PCM,
PO and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 970 m a.s.l. Santafe de Antioquia: 500 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo: 1,000 m
a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-La Picardia: 975 m a.s.l.
Sopetrán, Santa Rita rural lane: 723 m a.s.l.
Acromyrmex octospinosus Reich, 1793. Fernández et al.
(1996a) (PCM, PO, PA and PN). Titiribi, Otra mina rural lane: 1,550 m a.s.l. Murindó, Chageradó: 23 m a.s.l.
Bolívar: 1,230 m a.s.l. Cisneros: 1,038 m a.s.l. Amali,
Cañón del Porce-Tenche: 1,000 m a.s.l. San Luis: 1,050 m
a.s.l. Rionegro: 2,137 m a.s.l. San Francisco: 1,250 m a.s.l.
Santafe de Antioquia: 550 m a.s.l. Yolombó: 1,495 m a.s.l.
Frontino, Parque Nacional Natural Las Orquideas: 900
m a.s.l. Cisneros: 1,038 m a.s.l. Medellín: 1,560 m a.s.l.
Cocorná: 1,200 m a.s.l. Dabeiba 450 m a.s.l. Sopetrán: 723
m a.s.l. Mutata: 66 m a.s.l. Támesis, San Nicolas farm:
1,500 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata: 1,080 m a.s.l. Apartadó, “Via
a Carepa, Parque de los Encuentros”: 30 m a.s.l.
Adelomyrmex myops Wheeler, 1910. Serna (1999) (PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce-Normandia: 1,045 m a.s.l.
Apterostigma reburrum Lattke 1997. Lattke (1997) (PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758. Fernández et al. (1996a),
Yepes et al. (1999), Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007) (CAP,
MSN, PCM, PO, PA and PN) Angostura, Santa Ana
rural lane: 1,637 m a.s.l. Ituango: 1,550 m a.s.l. Santafe
de Antioquia: 550 m a.s.l. Arboletes: 10 m a.s.l. El Bagre,
Arenales: 85 m a.s.l. Guadalupe: 1,850 m a.s.l. Medellin,
Universidad Nacional-Núcleo El volador: 1,493 m a.s.l.
Murindo, Indian reservation of the Embera Eyabida rivers and Chagerado Turriquitado: 23 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata,
La Clara rural lane, Vegas de la Clara farm: 1,080 m a.s.l.
Granada, Galilea rural lane: 2,050 m a.s.l. Támesis, San
Isidro rural lane: 1,200 m a.s.l. Argelia: 1,750 m a.s.l. San
Roque: 1,471 m a.s.l. San Rafael: 1,000 m a.s.l. Venecia:
1,350 m a.s.l. San Luis: 1,075 m a.s.l. Murindo: 23 m a.s.l.
Venecia: 1,350 m a.s.l. Envigado: 1,575 m a.s.l. Mutata: 66
m a.s.l. Angostura: 1,637 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del PorceTenche: 1,000 m a.s.l. San Carlos: 1,036 m a.s.l. Caucasia:
50 m a.s.l. San Luis: 1,075 m a.s.l. Fredonia: 1800 m a.s.l.
Amagá: 1,392 m a.s.l. Copacabana El Salado rural lane:
1,425 m a.s.l. Caldas: 1789 m a.s.l. Turbo: 2 m a.s.l. Andes:
1357 m a.s.l. Ituango: 1575 m a.s.l. Frontino, “Parque
Nacional Natural Las Orquideas, cabaña Venados” 900
m a.s.l. Cisneros: 1,038 m a.s.l. San Jerónimo, Parc. Las
Palmeras: 850 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-Santa
Lucia: 1,020 m a.s.l. Barbosa, Yarumito: 1,308 m a.s.l.
Bello: 1,495 m a.s.l. Caracolí: 651 m a.s.l. Cocorná, La
Chonta: 1,286 m a.s.l. San Carlos, Urbana: 1,010 m a.s.l.
San Juan de Uraba: 25 m a.s.l. Santa Barbara: 1,846 m a.s.l.
Yolombó: 1,450 m a.s.l. Yondo: 80 m a.s.l. Urrao: 1,790
m a.s.l. Valparaiso La Fabiana: 800 m a.s.l. Caucasia, La
Candelaria rural lane, La Candelaria U de A farm: 80 m
a.s.l. Puerto Olaya, 112 m a.s.l. Venecia, J.J. farm: 1,350 m
a.s.l. Titiribi: 1,550 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo: 1,000 m a.s.l.
Atta colombica Guérin-Méneville, 1844. Serna (1999) (CAP,
MSN, PCM, PO and PN). Tarazá, Puerto Valdivia: 100
m a.s.l. Puerto Nare: 140 m a.s.l. Arboletes, Caña Brava
rural lane: 10 m a.s.l. Chigorodo: 12 m a.s.l. La Estrella:
1,764 m a.s.l. Puerto Berrío: 123 m a.s.l. Puerto Triunfo,
Rio Claro: 115 m a.s.l. San Roque: 1,100 m a.s.l. San Rafael: 1,000 m a.s.l. Mutata: 66 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo:
1,100 m a.s.l. Turbo: 4 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce:
950 m a.s.l. Arboletes: 4 m a.s.l. Caucasia 50 m a.s.l. El
Bagre, Las Claritas rual lane, Las Claritas farm: 85 m
a.s.l. Medellin, Belen district: 1,538 m a.s.l. Necoclí: 8 m
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a.s.l. Puerto Berrío, Guasimal rural lane: 112 m a.s.l. San
Pedro de Uraba: 8 m a.s.l. Vigia del Fuerte, Guaguando
rural lane: 25 m a.s.l. Carepa, Tulenapa farm: 10 m a.s.l.
Cisneros: 1,038 m a.s.l. Santafe de Antioquia, Cotove
farm: 600 m a.s.l. Yolombó, Porce locality (La Calandria):
1,010 m a.s.l. Caracolí: 651 m a.s.l. Puerto Berrío, Santa
Cruz: 112 m a.s.l. San Juan de Uraba: 25 m a.s.l.
Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr, 1866 (PCM, PO, PN). Amali,
Cañón del Porce-Fosforito: 1,100 m a.s.l. Marinilla: 2,100
m a.s.l.
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Forel, 1890. Vergara-Navarro et
al. (2007) (PCM, PN). Medellin, Universidad Nacional:
1,460 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758. Fernández et al. (1996),
Serna (1999) (PCM, PO, PA and PN). Cáceres: 100 m a.s.l.
Dabeiba: 450 m a.s.l. Mutata: 66 m a.s.l. Arboletes: 4 m
a.s.l. Puerto Triunfo, Rio Claro: 150 m a.s.l. San Jerónimo:
750 m a.s.l. San Luis: 1,075 m a.s.l. San Roque: 1,100 m
a.s.l. Remedios: 680 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce:
1,045 m a.s.l. Caucasia: 50 m a.s.l. Puerto Nare, Caño
Loco rural lane, La Brasilia farm: 160 m a.s.l. Maceo
Cañon, Alicante-Guardasol river: 950 m a.s.l. Támesis,
El Hacha rural lane, El Nogal farm: 1,560 m a.s.l. Caucasia: 80 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes basalis Smith, 1876. Sandoval (2005) (PCM and
PN). Caldas: 1,789 m a.s.l. Tarazá: 108 m a.s.l. Puerto
Triunfo: 115 m a.s.l. Necoclí, El Totumo rural lane: 4 m
a.s.l. Caucasia, La Candelaria rural lane, La Candelaria
U de A farm: 80 m a.s.l. San Carlos: 1,010 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes christopherseni Forel, 1912. Sandoval (2005)
(CAP, PCM, PO and PN). Amali, Cañón del PorceNormandia: 1,045 m a.s.l. Maceo: 950 m a.s.l. Mutata:
66 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes cristatus Emery, 1890. Sandoval (2005) (PCM
and PN). Amali, Porce (La Calandria): 1,010 m a.s.l.
Amali, Cañón del Porce-Fosforito: 970 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes femoralis Smith, 1853. Sandoval (2005) (CAP,
PCM and PN). Medellín, Universidad Nacional-Núcleo
El volador: 1,538 m a.s.l. Caucasia, La Candelaria rural
lane, La Candelaria U de A farm: 80 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes maculatus Smith, 1876. Vergara-Navarro et al.
(2007) (CAP, PCM, PO, PA and PN). Medellin, Universidad Nacional-Núcleo El Volador: 1,493 m a.s.l. Fredonia:
1,800 m a.s.l. Amali, “Cañón del Porce-Tenche, Santa
Lucia”: 1,000 m a.s.l. Fredonia: 1,800 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata, La Candelaria
rural lane, Vegas de la Clara farm: 1,000 m a.s.l.
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Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804. Fernández et al.
(1996) (PCM, PO and PN). Santafe de Antioquia: 550 m
a.s.l. Amali, Porce (La Calandria): 1,010 m a.s.l. Santo
Domingo Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l. San Jerónimo: 750 m a.s.l.
La Pintada: 630 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes pavonii Latreille, 1809. Sandoval (2005) Amali
(CAP, PCM and PN). Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes porrasi Wheeler, 1942. De Andrade and BaroniUrbani (1999) (PCM, CAP and PN). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824. Sandoval (2005) (CAP,
PCM, PO, PA and PN). San Luis: 1,075 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes targionii Emery, 1894. Sandoval (2005) (CAP,
PCM and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804. Fernández et al.
(1996a) (CAP, PCM, PO, PA and PN). Santo Domingo
Porce: 1,000 m a.s.l. Sopetrán: 750 m a.s.l. San Carlos:
1,100 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-Tenche: 1,000 m
a.s.l. Santo Domingo Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l. Caucasia, La
Candelaria rural lane, La Candelaria U de A farm: 80
m a.s.l.
Crematogaster abstinens Forel, 1899. Fernández et al. (1996)
(PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862. Longino (2003) (PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862. Longino (2003)
(MSN, PCM, PA and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980
m a.s.l.
Crematogaster distans Mayr, 1870. Fernández et al. (1996a),
Longino (2003) (CAP, MSN, PCM, PO and PN). Rionegro: 2,120 m a.s.l. Támesis, San Nicolas rural lane, San
Nicolas farm: 1,590 m a.s.l.
Crematogaster limata Smith, 1858. Fernández et al. (1996a),
Longino (2003) (MSN, PCM, PO and PN) Turbo
Crematogaster montezumia Smith, 1858 (MSN, PCM and
PN). Amagá: 1,392 m a.s.l.
Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr, 1870 (MSN, PCM, PO and
PN). Valdivia: 1,102 m a.s.l. Támesis, La Virgen rural lane,
La Virgen de la Peña farm: 1,470 m a.s.l.
Cyphomyrmex cornutus Kempf, 1968 (PCM, PN, PO
and TIOP). Frontino, Parque Nacional Natural Las
Orquideas: 900 m a.s.l.
Cyphomyrmex costatus Mann, 1922. Weber (1940). Note:
C. colombianus is a junior synonymous of C. costatus
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(Bolton et al., 2006) (PCM, CAP and MSN). San Luis “El
Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851 (PCM, CAP, PO, PN).
Sonson, Llano Cañaveral, La Violeta stream: 1,000 m a.s.l.
Cyphomyrmex transversus Emery, 1894. San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Cyphomyrmex vorticis Weber, 1940 (PCM). San Luis “El
Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Eurhopalothrix bolaui Mayr, 1870 (PCM, CAP, MSN).
Támesis, San Nicolas rural lane, San Nicolas farm: 1,590
m a.s.l.
Nesomyrmex spininodis Mayr, 1887. Fernández et al. (1996).
Note: Leptothorax spininodis is a junior synonymous of
N. spininodis (Bolton et al., 2006) (PCM and PN). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894. San Luis “El Refugio,
Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l. (CAP, MSN, PCM, PO
and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce-Tenche: 1,000 m a.s.l.
Octostruma iheringi Emery, 1888 (MSN, PCM). Támesis,
La Virgen rural lane, La Virgen No. 1 farm: 1,540 m a.s.l.
San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Pheidole angulifera Wilson, 2003. New record for Colombia
(PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Hylomyrma reitteri Mayr, 1887 (PCM). Frontino: 900 m
a.s.l.
Pheidole biconstricta Mayr, 1870 (PCM, PO, PA and PN).
Amali, Cañón del Porce-San Ignacio: 970 m a.s.l.
Megalomyrmex foreli Emery, 1890. Brandão (1990), Fernández et al. (1996) (TIOC, PCM, PO and PN). Medellin,
Universidad Nacional-Núcleo El volador: 1,538 m a.s.l.
Pheidole bilimeki Mayr, 1870 (PCM). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Megalomyrmex incisus F. Smith, 1947 (PO, CAP, PCM and
MSN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Megalomyrmex leoninus Forel, 1885 (PCM, PO, PN and
PA). Amali, Cañón del Porce-Normandia: 1,045 m a.s.l.
Amali, Cañón del Porce-San Ignacio: 970 m a.s.l.
Pheidole browni Wilson, 2003 (PCM). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pheidole colobopsis Mann, 1916. Wilson (2003) Amali
(PCM). Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pheidole guilelmimuelleri Forel, 1886. Fernández et al.
(1996a) (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Megalomyrmex pacova Brandao. Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l.
Pheidole quadriceps Wilson, 2003. Wilson (2003) (PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Megalomyrmex poatan Brandão, 1990 (MSN and PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Procryptocerus attenuatus F. Smith, 1876. Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, 1929 (CAP, MSN, PA and
PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Procryptocerus coriarius Mayr, 1870. Longino and Snelling
(2002) (PCM and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m
a.s.l. Santa Bárbara, Versalles rural lane: 1,800 m a.s.l.
Megalomyrmex wallacei Mann, 1916 (PCM and PA).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Monomorium loricola Jerdon, 1851. Fernández et al. (1996),
Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007) (CAP, PCM, PO, PA and
PN). Santafe de Antioquia, La Contadora rural lane, Las
Flores farm: 550 m a.s.l. Medellin, Universidad NacionalNúcleo El volador: 1,496 m a.s.l.
Procryptocerus ferreri Forel, 1912 (MSN, PCM). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951 (MSN, PCM and PN).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Procryptocerus pictipes Emery, 1896. Longino and Snelling (2002) (PCM and PO). Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l.
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758. Fernández et al.
(1996) (PCM, PO and PN). Arboletes: 10 m a.s.l. San Luis
“El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Procryptocerus scabriusculus Forel, 1899. La Pintada: 980
m a.s.l.
Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893 (PCM, PN and PO).
Amali, Cañón del Porce-Fosforito: 945 m a.s.l.
Procryptocerus schmitti Forel, 1901. Cañón del Porce: 980
m a.s.l.
Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937. New record for Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pyramica grytava Bolton, 2000. Vergara-Navarro et al.
(2007) (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
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Pyramica laevipleura Kempf, 1958. Fernández et al. (1996).
Note: Strumigenys laevipleura is a junior synonymous of
P. laevipleura (Bolton et al., 2006) (PCM). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pyramica margaritae Forel, 1893. Bolton (2000) (PCM, PO
and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pyramica schulzi Emery, 1894 (PCM). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pyramica wheeleri Smith, 1944 (PCM, PN). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pyramica xenognatha Kempf, 1958 Fernández et al. (1996),
Bolton (2000) (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m
a.s.l.
Rhopalothrix ciliata Mayr, 1870 (PCM). Támesis, La Virgen
rural lane, La Cumbre farm: 1,610 m a.s.l.
Rogeria alzatei Kugler, 1994. Fernández et al. (1996a) (CAP,
MSN, PCM, PO and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980
m a.s.l.
Trachymyrmex bugnioni Forel, 1912 (MSN and PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Trachymyrmex cornetzi Forel, 1912 (MSN and PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Trachymyrmex zeteki Weber, 1940. Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866. Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007)
(PCM, PA and PN). Medellin, Universidad NacionalNúcleo El Volador: 1,493 m a.s.l. Támesis, El Hacha rural
lane, La Miranda farm: 1,510 m a.s.l. San Luis “El Refugio,
Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863. Serna (1999),
Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007) (CAP, MSN and PCM). Medellin: 1,538 m a.s.l. Frontino, Parque Nacional Natural
Las Orquideas: 900 m a.s.l. San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón
de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
PARAPONERINAE
Rogeria gibba Kugler, 1994. Fernández et al. (1996a) (PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775. Fernández (1993),
Fernández et al. (1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro
(2007a) (PN, PA, PO, PCM and PG). Urrao: 1,600 m a.s.l.
Urrao: 1,800 m a.s.l. Dabeiba: 450 m a.s.l. Turbo: 2 m a.s.l.
Mutata: 66 m a.s.l. Frontino, Parque Nacional Natural
Las Orquideas: 1,350 m a.s.l. Santa Barbara: 1,846 m a.s.l.
Solenopsis gayi Spinola, 1851. Fernández et al. (1996a)
(PCM, PO, PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
PONERINAE
Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894. Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007)
(PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804. Toro (2002), VergaraNavarro et al. (2007) (CAP, PCM, PO, PA and PN). Medellin, Universidad Nacional-Núcleo El volador: 1,593 m
a.s.l. Santo Domingo: 1,950 m a.s.l. Caucasia: 80 m a.s.l.
Solenopsis laeviceps Mayr, 1870 (PCM, MSN). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Solenopsis subterranea Mackay and Vinson, 1989. New
record for Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l.
Stegomyrmex manni Smith, 1946. Serna (2002) (PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce-San Ignacio: 970 m a.s.l.
Strumigenys godmani Forel, 1899 (PCM). San Luis “El
Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Strumigenys margiventris Santschi, 1931 (PCM). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Strumigenys perparva Brown, 1958. Vergara-Navarro et
al. (2007) (PCM, PO and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l.
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Anochetus diegensis Forel, 1912. Fernández (2007), Serna
and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (CAP, PCM, MSN, PO and
PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Anochetus simoni Emery, 1890. Támesis, San Nicolas rural
lane, San Nicolas farm: 1,510 m a.s.l.
Odontomachus ainis Guérin-Méneville, 1844. Serna and
Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM). Frontino: 900 m a.s.l.
Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892. Fernández et al. (1996a),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (CAP, PCM, PA, PN,
MSN, PO and PG). Venecia: 1,300 m a.s.l. Cocorná, La
Veta rural lane: 980 m a.s.l. San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón
de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Odontomachus chelifer Latreille, 1802. Fernández et al.
(1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (CAP, PCM,
PO, PN and MSN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 1,000 m
a.s.l. Gómez Plata: 1,828 m a.s.l. La Ceja: 2,149 m a.s.l.
Santo Domingo: 1,100 m a.s.l. Medellin: 1,538 m a.s.l.
Guarne: 2,150 m a.s.l. Porce: 990 m a.s.l. Campamento:
1,750 m a.s.l. Santa Barbara: 1,846 m a.s.l.
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Odontomachus erythrocephalus Emery, 1890. Fernández
et al. (1996), Toro (2002), Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007)
(CAP, PCM, PA and PN). Donmatías, La Frijolera rural
lane: 2,156 m a.s.l. Angostura, Santa Ana rural lane:
1,637 m a.s.l. Ituango: 1,550 m a.s.l. Arboletes: 10 m a.s.l.
Medellin: 1,493 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata, La Clara rural lane,
Vegas de la Clara farm: 1,080 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 970 m a.s.l. Támesis, Alacena rural lane, Villa
Fatima farm: 1,870 m a.s.l. Cocorná: 1,300 m a.s.l. Envigado: 1,575 m a.s.l. Bello Fontidueño: 1,495 m a.s.l. Itagui
Ferrara: 1,000 m a.s.l. Guarne: 2,143 m a.s.l. Caldas,
Reserve of Alto de San Miguel (lower), La Estrella: 1,764
m a.s.l. Copacabana, El Cabuyal rural lane: 1,650 m a.s.l.
Gómez Plata: 1,080 m a.s.l. El Peñol, La Veta, Cocorná
970 m a.s.l. Puerto Nare, Nare river: 1,800 m a.s.l. San
Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
and PG). Amali, Cañón del Porce-Tenche: 1,000 m a.s.l.
San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla constricta Mayr, 1884. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (PCM, PO, PN, PA, CAP and PG)
Amali, Cañón del Porce-Santa Lucia: 1,020 m a.s.l.
Amali, Cañón del Porce-Tenche: 1,000 m a.s.l. San Luis
“El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro” 515 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla crassinoda Latreille, 1802. Fernández et al.
(1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PO,
PA, PN and PG) Santo Domingo Porce: 1,000 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla crenata Roger, 1861. Vergara-Navarro et al.
(2007), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PO,
PA and CAP) Amali, Cañón del Porce-Tenche: 1,000 m
a.s.l. Ituango: 1,575 m a.s.l.
Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758. Fernández et
al. (1996), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) ( PCM,
PO, PA, PN and PG). Santo Domingo Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l.
Cocorná, La Veta rural lane: 970 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla eleonorae Forel, 1921. Mackay et al. (2007),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PN and PA)
Támesis, La virgen rural lane, La Cumbre farm. 1,610
m a.s.l.
Odontomachus hastatus Fabricius, 1804. Serna and
Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PA and PN). Urrao:
1,800 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla fauveli Emery, 1896. Mackay et al. (2007)
(PCM and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Odontomachus mormo Brown, 1976. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (PCM and PN). San Luis “El Refugio,
Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla aenescens Mayr, 1870. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (PCM and PN). Sabaneta: 1,610 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla ferruginea Smith, 1858. Mackay et al. (2007),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PA and PN).
San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla foetida Linnaeus, 1758. Mackay et al. (2007)
(PO, PCM, PA and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980
m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla arhuaca Forel, 1901. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (CAP, PCM, PA and PG). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804. Mackay et al. (2007),
Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (CAP, PCM, PO, PA, PN and PG). Ituango:
1,550 m a.s.l. Donmatías, La Frijolera rural lane: 2,156 m
a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce: 975 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata:
1,828 m a.s.l. Medellin, El Poblado district: 1,538 m a.s.l.
Bello: 1,495 m a.s.l. Santafe de Antioquia: 550 m a.s.l. El
Retiro, El Barcino rural lane: 2,109 m a.s.l. Támesis, La
Virgen rural lane, La Virgen No. 1 farm: 1,500 m a.s.l.
San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla atrovirens Mayr, 1866. Kempf (1972), Fernández et al. (1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a)
(PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla holmgreni Wheeler, 1925. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (PCM and PN). Amali, Cañón del
Porce: 990 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla carbonaria Smith, 1858. Fernández et al.
(1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PN
and PA). Medellin, Piedras Blancas rural lane: 2,950 m
a.s.l. Carepa: 10 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla holcotyla Brown. Frontino: 900 m a.s.l. Caldas: 1789 m a.s.l. Concepción: 1862 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla apicalis Latreille, 1802. Fernández et al.
(1996), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PO,
PA, PN, MSN, CAP and PG) San Pedro: 2,000 m a.s.l.
Gómez Plata: 1,828 m a.s.l. Puerto Triunfo, Rio Claro: 150
m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l. Santafe
de Antioquia: 550 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla carinulata Roger, 1861. Mackay et al. (2007),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PA, PO, CAP
Pachycondyla impressa Roger, 1861. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (PCM, PN, PA, MSN, CAP and PO).
Angostura, Santa Ana rural lane: 1,637 m a.s.l. Cocorná:
1,300 m a.s.l. Caldas: 1,750 m a.s.l. Fredonia: 1,800 m
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a.s.l. San Carlos: 1,036 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del PorceNormandia: 1,045 m a.s.l. Envigado, El Salado rural lane:
1,800 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla obscuricornis Emery, 1890, Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 970 m a.s.l. Gómez Plata 1,828 m a.s.l. Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 950 m a.s.l. Cocorná, La Veta rural
lane: 980 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla stigma Fabricius, 1804. Fernández et al.
(1996), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PN,
PA, PO, CAP and PG). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 970 m
a.s.l. Puerto Triunfo, Rio Claro: 155 m a.s.l. Cocorná,
La Veta rural lane: 980 m a.s.l. Santafe de Antioquia 550
m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla theresiae Forel, 1899. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (PCM, PN). Mutata 66 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla verenae Forel, 1922. Fernández et al. (1996),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PN, PG, PA
and PO). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Proceratium mancum Mann, 1922. Sossa-Calvo and
Longino (2007). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE
Pseudomyrmex boopis Roger, 1863 (PCM, PN, PA, MSN,
PO and CAP). Amali, Cañón del Porce-Fosforito: 970 m
a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-Normandia: 1,045 m a.s.l.
Santafe de Antioquia, Cotove farm: 607 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex cf. colei Enzmann, 1944 (PCM). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901. Fernández et al.
(1996a), Vergara-Navarro et al. (2007) (PCM, PN, PA,
MSN and PO). Medellin, Universidad Nacional-Núcleo
El Volador: 1,493 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912 (PCM, PN, PA,
MSN, PO and CAP). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex dendroicus Forel, 1904. Fernández et al.
(1996a), Ward (1999) (PCM, PN, PA, PO). San Jerónimo
780 m a.s.l. Cocorná, La Veta rural lane: 980 m a.s.l. San
Jerónimo 750 m a.s.l.
Pachycondyla villosa Fabricius, 1804. Fernández et al.
(1996a), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) (PCM, PN,
PA, CAP, PO and PG). Donmatías, La Frijolera rural lane:
2,156 m a.s.l. Cocorná: 1,300 m a.s.l. San Luis: 1,075 m
a.s.l. Turbo 2 m a.s.l. Chigorodo: 40 m a.s.l. Mutata 66 m
a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex elongatus Mayr, 1870. Vergara-Navarro et
al. (2007) (PCM, PN, PA and PO). Santafe de Antioquia:
550 m a.s.l. Medellin, Universidad Nacional-Núcleo El
Volador: 1,493 m a.s.l.
Platythyrea sinuata Roger, 1860. Fernández et al. (1996),
Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a). (PCM, PN, PA, PO).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 1,100 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex euryblemma Forel, 1899. Vergara-Navarro
et al. (2007) (PCM and MSN). Medellin: 1,496 m a.s.l.
Universidad Nacional-Núcleo El Volador: 1,493 m a.s.l.
Simopelta fernandezi Mackay and Mackay, 2008 (PCM and
PA). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex faber Smith, 1858. Aponte (2006) (PCM).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
haumatomyrmex atrox Weber, 1939 (PCM, PN and CAP).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex iliformis Fabricius, 1804 (PCM, PN, PA,
MSN, PO and CAP). Amali, Cañón del Porce-Fosforito:
945 m a.s.l.
haumatomyrmex ferox Mann, 1922. Serna and VergaraNavarro (2007a) (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980
m a.s.l.
haumatomyrmex palludis Weber Amali, Cañón del Porce:
1,020 m a.s.l.
PROCERATIINAE
Discothyrea near isthmica Weber, 1940. Vergara-Navarro et
al. (2007), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a) Medellin:
Probolomyrmex boliviensis Mann, 1923. Sossa-Calvo and
Longino (2007), Serna and Vergara-Navarro (2007a).
Támesis, La Virgen rural lane, La Cumbre farm: 1,610
m a.s.l.
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Pseudomyrmex gebellii Forel, 1899 (PCM, PN and MSN).
Anza: 620 m a.s.l. Bolívar: 1,200 m a.s.l. Santo Domingo:
1,100 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-La Calandría:
1,010 m a.s.l. Santafe de Antioquia, Cotove farm: 607 m
a.s.l. Caucasia 50 m a.s.l. Betulia, Altamira rural lane, La
Hondura farm: 1,000 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804. Vergara-Navarro
et al. (2007) (PCM, PN, PA, MSN, CAP and PO). Santafe
de Antioquia: 600 m a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del PorceFosforito: 970 m a.s.l. Alejandría: 1,694 m a.s.l. Támesis,
La Virgen rural lane, La Virgen No. 1 farm: 1,440 m a.s.l.
Medellin, 2,000 m a.s.l. Venecia: 1,335 m a.s.l. Sopetrán:
750 m a.s.l. Tarazá: 100 m a.s.l. Guarne: 2,143 m a.s.l.
Santo Domingo, Termales: 1,000 m a.s.l. Marinilla: 2,100
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m a.s.l. San Luis “El Refugio, Cañón de Rio Claro”: 515
m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex ita Forel, 1906 (PCM and MSN). Santafe
de Antioquia, Cotove farm: 607 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex laevivertex Forel, 1906. Vergara-Navarro
et al. (2007) (PCM and MSN). Amali, Cañón del Porce:
980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex lisus Enzmann, 1944. New record for
Colombia (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce 980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex mordax Warming, 1894 (PCM). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex oculatus Smith, 1855 (PCM, PN, PA and
PO). Amali, Cañón del Porce-La Calandría 1500 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex oki Forel, 1906 (PCM and MSN). Amali,
Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex pallens Mayr, 1870. Vergara-Navarro et al.
(2007) (PCM, PN, PA and PO). Medellin, Universidad
Nacional-Núcleo El volador: 1496 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex rochai Forel, 1912. Vergara-Navarro et al.
(2007) (PCM and PN). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m
a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex sericeus Mayr, 1870 (PCM, PN and PA).
Amali, Cañón del Porce-San Ignacio: 970 m a.s.l. Amali,
Cañón del Porce-Fosforito: 945 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex simplex Smith, 1877 (PCM, PN, PA, PO,
MSN and CAP). Medellin: 1,496 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex subtilissimus Emery, 1890. Aponte-Cubides
(2006) (PCM). Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906 (PCM, PN, PA,
MSN and PO). Santafe de Antioquia, Cotove farm: 607
m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, 1855 (PCM, PN, PA,
MSN and PO). Amali, Cañón del Porce-Fosforito: 970 m
a.s.l. Amali, Cañón del Porce-La Frijolera: 1,550 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex urbanus Smith, 1877 (PCM). Amali, Cañón
del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
Pseudomyrmex viduus Smith, 1858 (PCM, PN, PA and PO).
Amali, Cañón del Porce: 980 m a.s.l.
hese results constitute the irst approach to the general
knowledge of the ant species-level of Antioquia and contribute to the support of studies involving taxonomy, biodiversity, ecology, conservation, and applied entomology
in Colombia and the Neotropics.
Acknowledgments
he authors wish to thank he IDEA WILD foundation for
its co-inancial support and all of the institutions, curators
and directors of museums and collections that were visited,
including the UNAB museum and the “Laboratorio de
Ecología y Conservación Ambiental Universidad Nacional
de Colombia” for logistical support, professor Norberto
Parra (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín),
INBio (“Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica”)
for loaning the reference collection, Fabio Penati Curator
of Entomology Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo
Doria”, he University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA,
and Universidad Nacional de Colombia for supporting the
postdoc position of the second author, the myrmecologists
William Mackay, Phil Ward, Jefrey Sossa, Jack Longino,
John Lattke, Carlos R. Brandão, Rodrigo M. Feitosa, José
Pacheco and Monica Ospina, all collectors who helped us
with this study, especially Francisco Yepes and Nathaly
Vergara-Navarro, as well as Professor Hernán Echavarría
of “Grupo Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía (SIA)”, who
was a co-director of this project.
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