Sericomyrmex saussurei Emery 1894

Sericomyrmex saussurei Emery, 1894 Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: WAS 118; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 3DC14678-E720-50FD-B55B-1EEE65A8B7AA; Taxon: genus: Sericomyrmex; specificEpithet: saussurei; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Emery, 1894; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Rio de Janeiro; locality: Floresta da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Bom Retiro (trilha para o pico da Tijuca); verbatimCoordinates: 22 56 45.6S 43 17 32.5W; verbatimLatitude: 22 56 45.6S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 32.5W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Sericomyrmex saussurei; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Winckler; year: 2021; month: 7; day: 19-21; verbatimEventDate: Winter 2021; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: WBS 120; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 15; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 6AD9B191-70BD-5D68-942C-0337128E2E1F; Taxon: genus: Sericomyrmex; specificEpithet: saussurei; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Emery, 1894; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Rio de Janeiro; locality: Floresta da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, trilha (caminho dos picos / camminho da solidão); verbatimCoordinates: 22 57 30.0S 43 16 58.3W; verbatimLatitude: 22 57 30.0S; verbatimLongitude: 43 16 58.3W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Sericomyrmex saussurei; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Winckler; year: 2021; month: 7; day: 21-23; verbatimEventDate: Winter 2021; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: WCS 108; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 6; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 6126D637-A6BC-5E06-A338-C7B3753008E9; Taxon: genus: Sericomyrmex; specificEpithet: saussurei; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Emery, 1894; Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Rio de Janeiro; locality: Floresta da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Trilha de Moutain bike (Açude da solidão).; verbatimCoordinates: 22 57 41.6S 43 17 27.2W; verbatimLatitude: 22 57 41.6S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 27.2W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Sericomyrmex saussurei; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Winckler; year: 2021; month: 7; day: 23-25; verbatimEventDate: Winter 2021; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Lesser Antilles, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela. Records from Mexico need verification. Notes This is the first record for PNT. Ješovnik and Schultz (2017) recorded this species from the Reserva Biológica do Tinguá and the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, which are protected areas in the State of Rio de Janeiro.