Mycetomoellerius farinosus

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).