Alfaria piei

The only known specimen of this species was collected in an area of Atlantic Forest in Itatiaia National Park, located in the Mantiqueira mountains, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The collection area is within the Alto-Montana forest formation, with trees smaller than those of lower altitudes and the soil is humid with large volumes of accumulated organic matter. The ant was taken from a leaf litter sample processed with a Winkler extractor. The Type-locality altitude is at the upper limit for minuta-group species. It remains to be seen if this ant is a specialist restricted to upper altitude, cooler forests or if it also inhabits lower altitude forests.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Castes
Queen and Male are unknown.

Nomenclature

 *  piei. Gnamptogenys piei Dias & Lattke, 2019: 31, fig. 1 (w.) BRAZIL.