Alfaria caelata

A widespread distribution in South America, but documented with relatively sparse and widely scattered occurrence records.

Identification
A member of the minuta group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay.

Nomenclature

 * . Gnamptogenys caelata Kempf, 1967a: 121, figs. 1-3 (w.) BRAZIL (Paraná).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Paraná, Iguaçu, iv.1965 (F. Plaumann).
 * Type-depository: MZSP.
 * Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 112; Brandão, 1991: 345; Lattke, 1992a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 208; Lattke, et al. 2004: 343; Wild, 2007b: 27; Lattke, et al. 2007: 264 (in key); Lattke, et al. 2008: 83; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Lattke & Delsinne, 2016: 144 (in key); Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 671; Camacho, et al. 2020: 462 (in key).
 * Senior synonym of soror: Lattke, 1992a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 208.
 * Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela.
 * soror. Gnamptogenys soror Kempf & Brown, 1968: 90 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Pará, Iriboca, nr Belém, Pirelli Rubber Plantation, 23.viii.1962 (P.F. Darlington); paratype with same data.
 * Type-depositories: DZSP (holotype); MCZC (paratype).
 * Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 115.
 * Junior synonym of caelata: Lattke, 1992a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 210.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
 * Dias A. M., and J. E. Lattke. 2019. A new species and new records of minuta-group Gnamptogenys from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 63: 30–34.
 * Fernandes I., and J. de Souza. 2018. Dataset of long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the influence areas of a hydroelectric power plant on the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24375.
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Lattke, J.E. 1992. Revision of the minuta-group of the genys Gnamptogenys. Dtsch. ent. Z., N.F. 39:123-129
 * Pires de Prado L., R. M. Feitosa, S. Pinzon Triana, J. A. Munoz Gutierrez, G. X. Rousseau, R. Alves Silva, G. M. Siqueira, C. L. Caldas dos Santos, F. Veras Silva, T. Sanches Ranzani da Silva, A. Casadei-Ferreira, R. Rosa da Silva, and J. Andrade-Silva. 2019. An overview of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the state of Maranhao, Brazil. Pap. Avulsos Zool. 59: e20195938.
 * Scott-Santos, C.P., F.A. Esteves, C.R.F. Brandao. 2008. Catalogue of "Poneromorph" ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(11):75-88.