Apterostigma collare

Identification
Mera-Rodriguez, et al. (2020) - Frontal lobes in frontal view subquadrate, with lateroventral margin curved posteriorly; anterior clypeal margin with a median angle; gaster in lateral view subspherical, with inconspicuous lateral carina; and body lacking erect hairs (Lattke 1997).

Distribution
Mera-Rodriguez, et al. (2020) - Occurrence records suggest this species is widely distributed across the Pacific and northern coasts of Columbia.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Nomenclature

 * . Apterostigma collare Emery, 1896g: 99, pl. 1, fig. 18 (w.q.) COSTA RICA.
 * Forel, 1899c: 38 (m.).
 * Status as species: Forel, 1899c: 38; Wheeler, W.M. 1911h: 208 (in key); Mann, 1922: 51; Emery, 1924d: 338; Weber, 1938b: 168; Weber, 1958c: 246; Kempf, 1972a: 24; Brandão, 1991: 326; Bolton, 1995b: 74; Lattke, 1997: 147 (redescription).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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