(38) Paratrachymyrmex cornetzi (Forel, 1912)

Figure 9G, H

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia • 6 work- ers; Amalfi; 06°59′30″N, 074° 59′54″W; alt. 1550 m; 30 Jul. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4763; Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°51′26″N, 075°05′40″W; alt. 970 m; 19 Dec. 1999; E. Vergara leg.; UNAB 4763; Antioquia • 11 workers; Amalfi; 06°59′30″N, 074°59′54″W; alt. 1550 m; 27 Oct. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4763; Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°51′00″N, 075°05′00″W; alt. 970 m; 30 Jul. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4763; Antioquia • 2 workers; Amalfi; 06°35′54″N, 075°01′17″W; alt. 1010 m; 30 Jul. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4763; Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°51′00″N, 075°05′00″W; alt. 970 m; 27 Oct. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4763; Antioquia • 2 workers; Amalfi; 06°35′54″N, 075°01′17″W; alt. 1010 m; 08 Oct. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4763; Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°35′54″N, 075°01′17″W; alt. 1010 m; 09 Oct. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4763; Antioquia • 5 workers; Amalfi; 06°47′43″N, 075°07′56″W; alt. 1550 m; 30 Jul. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; MEFLG 5918; Antioquia • 3 workers; Amalfi; 06°46′39″N, 075°05′22.9″W; alt. 950 m; 27 Oct. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; MEFLG 5918; Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°46′39″N, 075°05′22″W; alt. 1550 m; 30 Jul. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; MEFLG 5918; Antioquia • 1 worker; Amalfi; 06°46′19″N, 075°05′26″W; alt. 1550 m; 7 Nov. 1998; E. Vergara leg.; MEFLG 5918; Antioquia • 1 gyne; Amalfi; 06°46′19″N, 075°05′26.4″W; alt. 1550 m; 8 Oct. 1997; E. Vergara leg.; MEFLG 5918; Antioquia • 1 gyne; Amalfi; 06°46′19″N, 075°05′26.4″W; alt. 1550 m; 1 Jul. 1998; E. Vergara leg.; MEFLG 5918; Antioquia • 4 workers; Canyon del Porce; 06°35′54″N, 075°01′17″W; alt. 1010 m; 28 Oct. 1997; F. Sernaleg.; UNAB 4766; Santander • 1 worker; Santa Helena del Opon; 06°20′00″N, 073°36′00″W; alt. 1426 m; Apr. 2012; A. Ardila leg.; UNAB 2525; Tolima • 1 worker; Guamo; 04°02′05″N, 074°58′25″W; alt. 323 m; 19 Aug. 2003; F. Serna, E. Díaz leg.; UNAB 4763 .

Identification. Frontal lobes triangular; maximum dis- tance between frontal carina is less than the distance between the frontal lobes; and posterior postpetiolar margin in dorsal view emarginate with two prominent tubercles (unpublished key by Kempf).

Distribution. Paratrachymyrmex cornetzi occurs in Mexico (Jalisco and Tabasco), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. In South Amer- ica, it is present in Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and the Brazil- ian states of Amazonas, Roraima, Rondônia, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Mato Grosso do Sul (Fernández and Sendoya 2004; Branstetter and Sáenz 2012; Souza et al. 2018).