Myrmelachista bettinae Forel 1903

Myrmelachista bettinae Forel, 1903 Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: PBC 106; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 3BC1F4A8-5B56-5078-B8EB-802F6004780A; Taxon: genus: Myrmelachista; specificEpithet: bettinae; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Forel, 1903; 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 23.3S 43 16 59.4W; verbatimLatitude: 22 57 23.3S; verbatimLongitude: 43 16 59.4W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Myrmelachista bettinae; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall; year: 2022; month: 1; day: 17-21; verbatimEventDate: Summer 2022; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution Endemic from the State of Rio de Janeiro. Notes This is the first record for the Floresta da Tijuca sector. Kempf (1972) recorded it from the Serra da Carioca sector.