Mycetomoellerius farinosus
Creators
- 1. Laboratorio de Ecología del Suelo, Universidad de la Amazonia, Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia
- 2. Laboratorio de Entomología Universidad de la Amazonia (LEUA), Universidad de la Amazonia, Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia
- 3. Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
Description
Mycetomoellerius farinosus (Emery, 1894)
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061931; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 45CD220C-00A3-5480-ACA4-3AF8CD70C8E0; Taxon: scientificName: Mycetomoellerius farinosus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Formicidae; genus: Mycetomoellerius; specificEpithet: farinosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1894); Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Villaraz, Fca. El Triunfo; verbatimElevation: 806 m; locationRemarks: From 0 cm to 10 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'18.3"N 75°40'06.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061965; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 20A1D378-29BA-5ACA-A802-FD17DED0D453; Taxon: scientificName: Mycetomoellerius farinosus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Formicidae; genus: Mycetomoellerius; specificEpithet: farinosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1894); Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Villaraz, Fca. El Triunfo; verbatimElevation: 806 m; locationRemarks: Collected in leaf Litter; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'18.3"N 75°40'06.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061972; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 83673E1E-C0EA-5E46-B69F-992AEE4E4919; Taxon: scientificName: Mycetomoellerius farinosus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Formicidae; genus: Mycetomoellerius; specificEpithet: farinosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1894); Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Villaraz, Fca. El Triunfo; verbatimElevation: 806 m; locationRemarks: From 20 cm to 30 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'18.3"N 75°40'06.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061973; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 40C151DA-F972-577D-A956-D9AD55EF32BD; Taxon: scientificName: Mycetomoellerius farinosus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Formicidae; genus: Mycetomoellerius; specificEpithet: farinosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1894); Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Villaraz, Fca. El Triunfo; verbatimElevation: 806 m; locationRemarks: From 20 cm to 30 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'18.3"N 75°40'06.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061980; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 45D4F552-CA7E-547B-AD68-82CF10AEA6EA; Taxon: scientificName: Mycetomoellerius farinosus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Formicidae; genus: Mycetomoellerius; specificEpithet: farinosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1894); Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Villaraz, Fca. El Triunfo; verbatimElevation: 806 m; locationRemarks: Collected in leaf Litter; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'18.3"N 75°40'06.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000062142; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 3979AAE2-8CC2-5D33-B0E1-EB151C2388FD; Taxon: scientificName: Mycetomoellerius farinosus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Formicidae; genus: Mycetomoellerius; specificEpithet: farinosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1894); Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Villaraz, Fca. El Triunfo; verbatimElevation: 806 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'18.3"N 75°40'06.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000062143; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 72E7280F-501C-5502-B7B9-868028082309; Taxon: scientificName: Mycetomoellerius farinosus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Formicidae; genus: Mycetomoellerius; specificEpithet: farinosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1894); Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Villaraz, Fca. El Triunfo; verbatimElevation: 806 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'18.3"N 75°40'06.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000062144; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: E1E84BFE-4823-590C-B182-FC1AA6277E4B; Taxon: scientificName: Mycetomoellerius farinosus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Formicidae; genus: Mycetomoellerius; specificEpithet: farinosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1894); Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Villaraz, Fca. El Triunfo; verbatimElevation: 806 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'18.3"N 75°40'06.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000062145; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 11BCAA12-5675-5A07-BDC8-F0E281D3217C; Taxon: scientificName: Mycetomoellerius farinosus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Formicidae; genus: Mycetomoellerius; specificEpithet: farinosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1894); Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Villaraz, Fca. El Triunfo; verbatimElevation: 806 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'18.3"N 75°40'06.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Diagnosis
This species is known for having the first gastral tergite depressed above, compressed on the sides, sub-truncated and gibbous behind and body covered with white scales along the hooked hairs (Fig. 12).
Distribution
Mycetomoellerius farinosus is a Neotropical species distributed in the Amazon rainforest (Ryder et al. 2010 b). This is the first record of the species in Colombia. In the Neotropical Region, the species has also been recorded in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Venezuela (Mayhe-Nunes and Jaffe 1998, Silva et al. 2004, Youngsteadt et al. 2009)
Biology
Mycetomoellerius farinosus is a species commonly present in leaf litter in the Andean-Amazonian transition zone of the Hacha River Basin (Caquetá).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Cites
- Figure: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e142813.figure12 (DOI)
- Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1179440 (URL)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e142813 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/21F00F08B5CA5A1EA5785FFFCAF5AE56 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/81079C65E1A15F6D8340A58B2E50D266 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA)
- Material sample ID
- LEUA- 00000061931 , LEUA- 00000061965 , LEUA- 00000061972 , LEUA- 00000061973 , LEUA- 00000061980 , LEUA- 00000062142 , LEUA- 00000062143 , LEUA- 00000062144 , LEUA- 00000062145
- Event date
- 2023-03-14
- Verbatim event date
- 2023-03-14
- Scientific name authorship
- Emery
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Mycetomoellerius
- Species
- farinosus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- Other material
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mycetomoellerius farinosus (Emery, 1894) sec. Arredondo, Carreño-Guevara, Gutierrez-Villanueva, Duran-Bautista, Gamboa-Tabares & Guerrero, 2025
References
- Ryder K. T., Mertl A. L., Traniello J. F. A. 2010 Diversity of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in primary and secondary forests in Amazonian Ecuador Myrmecological News 12 139 147 10.1371/journal.pone.0013146
- Mayhe-Nunes A. J., Jaffe K. 1998 On the biogeography of attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Ecotropicos 11 1 45 54
- Silva R. R., Brandao C. R. F., Silvestre R. 2004 Similarity Between Cerrado Localities in Central and Southeastern Brazil Based on the Dry Season Bait Visitors Ant Fauna Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 39 3 191 199 10.1080/01650520412331271783
- Youngsteadt E., Alvarez Baca J., Osborne J., Schal C. 2009 Species-specific seed dispersal in an obligate ant-plant mutualism PLoS ONE 4 e 4335 10.1371/journal.pone.0004335