Wadeura holmgrenita Branstetter & Longino, 2022

Arredondo, Brandon S., Carreño-Guevara, Yennifer, Gutierrez-Villanueva, Yenifer, Duran-Bautista, Ervin Humprey, Gamboa-Tabares, Jean & Guerrero, Roberto J., 2025, Soil and leaf litter ants from the Amazon Region offer new distribution records for Colombia, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 142813-e 142813 : e142813-

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Wadeura holmgrenita Branstetter & Longino, 2022
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Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061750 ; recordedBy: Brahyam Quimbaya; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: FA2782AD-E3D0-580A-86C4-038761961125; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Av. Caraño, Fca. El Chorro ; verbatimElevation: 739 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°44'27.2"N 75°39'12.3"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2022-12-08; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061752 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 5F6ECA96-0084-5FCC-8385-B7FE200C341D; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. San Luis, Fca. El Triunfo ; verbatimElevation: 700 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°41'53.2"N 75°37'36.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2022-12-09; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061755 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: F6C04C00-C85F-5742-9A87-C4E705174915; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. San Luis, Fca. El Triunfo ; verbatimElevation: 700 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the groundo; verbatimCoordinates: 01°41'53.2"N 75°37'36.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2022-12-09; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061756 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 87966962-B7CA-5B4B-BE23-CD84039EC096; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 0 cm to 10 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061757 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: D62E35AC-5135-55B2-9978-881BA9C8C65E; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Sucre, Fca. San Antonio ; verbatimElevation: 1409 m; locationRemarks: From 0 cm to 10 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°49'34.3"N 75°40'10.5"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-17; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061772 ; recordedBy: Kenna Martinez; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 9915C171-7AB1-57DE-A186-C5152A872822; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Sucre, Fca. La Fortaleza ; verbatimElevation: 1235 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°48'18.5"N 75°39'14.0"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-10; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061775 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: E224FABF-DF67-53D4-9748-3AD3A6ECEA86; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061776 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: D6CCBEB7-CCD5-5952-9BCB-D24878D25482; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061777 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: C7E81D31-708A-5BB5-A1B7-57BBD7F0D9BE; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061778 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 614421D4-5925-5B15-BD18-6057E87971E5; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061779 ; recordedBy: Kenna Martinez; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: AC14A467-A128-50C4-B6D8-A23807D747E7; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Las Mercedes ; verbatimElevation: 618 m; locationRemarks: From 0 cm to 10 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'39.2"N 75°38'00.7"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-15; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061810 ; recordedBy: Brahyam Quimbaya; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 9FBA8FF6-CCAA-535A-B0DC-81711012B1F0; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Esperanza del Ruiseñor ; verbatimElevation: 631 m; locationRemarks: From 20 cm to 30 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'47.4"N 75°37'40.0"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-13; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061940 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 4D1F3B9F-CCEC-5D03-B3FD-762881629DDC; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 0 cm to 10 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061941 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 7F559F62-7E9B-5442-A43E-A6CC039AF368; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 0 cm to 10 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061942 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: F61708A7-8A66-515C-A92F-2DA35FF32174; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 0 cm to 10 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000061959 ; recordedBy: Brahyam Quimbaya; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: F677B4C3-F4F9-5F12-8397-C5D8F7E9848C; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. Av. Caraño, Fca. La Esperanza ; verbatimElevation: 604 m; locationRemarks: From 10 cm to 20 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'45.2"N 75°38'57.2"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-03-22; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000062154 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 0153C4B6-A589-5BBE-9D4F-CD3BD35E9F18; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 20 cm to 30 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000062155 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 9C80F28B-DE72-5F11-84F2-2B1092A98FA9; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 20 cm to 30 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000062156 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 147B4F3E-B428-5585-9C90-3B680399ADD5; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Paz, Fca. Patio Bonito ; verbatimElevation: 663 m; locationRemarks: From 20 cm to 30 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°43'41.6"N 75°37'48.1"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-02-14; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000062472 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: 339AAFF3-F3D1-5987-8217-4E9FF729310D; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Carbona, Fca. La Florida ; verbatimElevation: 543 m; locationRemarks: From 0 cm to 10 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°42'12.5"N 75°38'05.4"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-05-17; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LEUA- 00000062473 ; recordedBy: Brandon S. Arredondo; individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: DE8A174E-3CCF-5391-A57B-F2FA85284C47; Taxon: scientificName: Wadeura holmgrenita ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Wadeura ; specificEpithet: holmgrenita ; scientificNameAuthorship: Branstetter & Longino, 2022; Location: continent: South America; country: Colombia; countryCode: CO; stateProvince: Caquetá; county: Florencia; locality: Vda. La Carbona, Fca. La Florida ; verbatimElevation: 543 m; locationRemarks: From 0 cm to 10 cm deep in the ground; verbatimCoordinates: 01°42'12.5"N 75°38'05.4"W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: samplingProtocol: Monolite / TSBF; eventDate: 2023-05-17; Record Level: language: es; collectionID: RNC: 270; institutionCode: Universidad de la Amazonia (UDLA); basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen GoogleMaps

Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by a small triangular projection of the medial clypeus, not projecting beyond the outline of the clypeolabral junction; further, ventral margin of petiole is less symmetrical (Fig. 20 View Figure 20 ).

Distribution

Wadeura holmgrenita was previously known from Peru (Madre de Dios and Cusco) ( Branstetter and Longino 2022). Although W. holmgrenita is considered a rarely collected species, our collection data suggest that it is widely distributed in the Basin of the Rio Hacha. This record represents the second known occurrence of the species in South America and the first record in Colombia.

Biology

The workers were collected 20 cm deep on the ground in the cloud forest of the Andean-Amazonian transition zone in Caquetá. Delabie et al. (2000) mentioned that Wadeura species could be specialised predators of soil termites.

Notes

The Colombian population of W. holmgrenita match largely with the type material of the species, at least in the shape of the subpeciolar process, mandibles and clypeus. The specimens from Caquetá present a slight variation in pilosity, having erect and suberect pilosity on the lateral margins of the head and generating an appearance of dense pilosity.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Wadeura