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Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr 1870

  • 1. Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Description

Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr, 1870

Distribution

Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Chocó, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima and Valle del Cauca (Pedraza and Fernández 2019). This species extends its distribution to Atlántico, Bolívar, Casanare, Cesar and La Guajira.

Distribution in the TDF

Caribbean Region, Cauca River Valley, Orinoquía and Magdalena River Valley.

Biology

Crematogaster nigropilosa (Fig. 16) was observed foraging on vegetation and in the leaf litter of tropical dry forest (TDF) fragments in the Caribbean Region. In other regions, it was found foraging in the litter and on the ground.

Notes

Published as part of Gutiérrez-Martínez, Daniela M., Ramos-Ortega, Lina M. & Guerrero, Roberto J., 2026, Diversity and distribution of acrobat ants, Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (Formicidae, Myrmicinae), in the Colombian tropical dry forest, pp. e 176466 in Biodiversity Data Journal 14 on page e176466, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e176466

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References

  • Pedraza L, Fernández F 2019 Género Crematogaster Fernández F, Guerrero R, Delsinne T Hormigas de Colombia 1 Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá 978-958 - 783 - 766 - 7