Acromyrmex molestans Santschi, 1925

Silva, Márcio Morais, Mayhé Nunes, Antônio J. & Moreira, Felipe F. F., 2025, Ants (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Floresta da Tijuca sector, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 132248-e 132248 : e132248-

Acromyrmex molestans Santschi, 1925

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: WAC 118; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: CE69AE08-CF7C-5F01-A4F7-E04E85DC7DD7; Taxon: genus: Acromyrmex ; specificEpithet: molestans ; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Santschi, 1925; 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 43.6S 43 17 30.1W; verbatimLatitude: 22 56 43.6S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 30.1W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Acromyrmex molestans ; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Winckler; year: 2022; month: 1; day: 17-19; verbatimEventDate: Summer 2022; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: WBC 108; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 445672E5-A794-5595-A3A5-2B9AD755AEF1; Taxon: genus: Acromyrmex ; specificEpithet: molestans ; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Santschi, 1925; 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 24.5S 43 16 56.7W; verbatimLatitude: 22 57 24.5S; verbatimLongitude: 43 16 56.7W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Acromyrmex molestans ; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Winckler; year: 2022; month: 1; day: 19-21; verbatimEventDate: Summer 2022; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: PCC 114; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 6D42D8FA-6069-5F4C-9E18-5299BA8A2B72; Taxon: genus: Acromyrmex ; specificEpithet: molestans ; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Santschi, 1925; 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 41.9S 43 17 24.0W; verbatimLatitude: 22 57 41.9S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 24.0W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Acromyrmex molestans ; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall; year: 2022; month: 1; day: 21-23; verbatimEventDate: Summer 2022; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Endemic from Brazil.

Notes

This is the first record for the PNT. First reported from the State of Rio de Janeiro by Santschi (1937).