Cardiocondyla minutior Forel 1899

Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899 Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: WAC 103; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C4D3254B-1CF7-5634-8B6E-786C6715E91E; Taxon: genus: Cardiocondyla; specificEpithet: minutior; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Forel, 1899; 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 48.3S 43 17 32.2W; verbatimLatitude: 22 56 48.3S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 32.2W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Cardiocondyla minutior; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Winckler; year: 2021; month: 1; day: 17-19; verbatimEventDate: Summer 2022; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Native status Exotic (Brazil) Distribution Native in the Oriental Region (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, continental India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam). Exotic in the Australian, Madagascan, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oceanian, Panamanian, Saharo-Arabian and Sino-Japanese Regions, including Brazil. Notes This is the first record for the State of Rio de Janeiro, filling a gap between Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo to the north and Santa Catarina to the south.