Discothyrea bobi

The type locality is a mountain range in southeastern Brazil, the Serra do Brigadeiro, located 40 km from the Viçosa municipality. The D. bobi type series was sampled between 1300 and 1800 meters. It has never been sampled in Viçosa (average height 700 m), despite it having a well-sampled, and well-known, ant fauna. The area around the type location has been only occasionally explored.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 * . Discothyrea bobi Chaul, 2020: 202, figs. 1-3, 5 (w.q.) BRAZIL.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 5 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
 * Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Minas Gerais, P.E. Serra do Brigadeiro, 1600 m., i.2007, Winkler (R. Solar); paratypes with same data except for varying altitudes.
 * Type-depositories: UFVB (holotype); DZUP, INPA, MPEG, MZSP, UFVB (paratypes).
 * Distribution: Brazil.

Type Material

 * Paratypes: Five pinned workers and one pinned dealate queen with same data as holotype, except for altitude of sampling point:
 * CELC: UFV-LABECOL-000036, queen, altitude 1,800 m
 * MZSP: UFV-LABECOL-000033, worker, altitude “1300-1800 m”
 * DZUP: UFVLABECOL-000050, worker, altitude “1,300-1,800 m”
 * MPEG: UFV-LABECOL-010838, worker, altitude 1,600 m
 * INPA: UFV-LABECOL-000034, worker, altitude 1,500 m
 * JTLC: UFV-LABECOL-000114, worker
 * JTLC: UFV-LABECOL-000114, worker