Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber

Snelling, R. R. & Longino, J. T., 1992, Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)., Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies., Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 479-494 : 493

Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber (Figs. 30.4, 30.29)

Cyphomyrmex (Cyphomannia) laevigatus Weber . 1938: 184;

Cyphomyrmex laevigatus : Kempf, 1966:164, 178-179;

The type locality of C. laevigatus is lower Rio Madidi, Bolivia. Kempf 1966 recorded this species also from Dirkshoop, Surinam. We have seen specimens from the following additional localities, bolivia: Caranavi, near radio, 800 m elev., 24-26 Jun. 1981 Kugler and Lambert; LACM. brazil: Mustu Goeldi Botanical Garden, Belem, Para, 3 (an. 198 5 (J.C. Trager; LACM, JCT), ex berlesate from bamboo litter, colombia, Meta: Puerto Lleras, 73° 22'W, 0 3° 18'N, c. 300 m, near Loma Linda, Jan. 1989 (V. Roth; LACM). peru: Tingo Maria and vicinity, 9-12 Mar. 1967 (W.L. Brown and W. Sherbrooke; MCZ).