Distribution and Diversity of the Cryptic Ant Genus Oxyepoecus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Paraguay with Descriptions of Two New Species

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Distribution of Oxyepoecus in Paraguay. In this country, seven species have been reported: O. bidentatus n. sp. (collected at localities 2, 3, 4), O. bruchi (7), O. inquilinus (1, 2), O. rastratus (2, 3, 6, 10), O. reticulatus (9), O. striatus n. sp. (4), and O. vezenyii (2, 3, 5, 8). Localities are (1) Nueva Asunción, (2) Teniente Enciso National Park, (3) Garrapatal, (4) Río Verde, (5) Puerto Max, (6) Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú, (7) San Lorenzo, (8) Luque, (9) Santa María, and (10) Pastoreo. For information, localities of the Paraguayan dry Chaco sampled by Delsinne et al. [15, 16] but where no Oxyepoecus species were collected are also shown on the picture (empty symbols).