person Emira I. García
schoolUniversidad del Magdalena, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Programa de Biología, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.Universidad del MagdalenaColombiaSanta Marta, Magdalena, ColombiaUniversidad del Magdalena, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Programa de Biología, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.
person María C. Tocora
schoolUniversidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Bogotá, Colombia.Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombiaBogotá, ColombiaUniversidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Bogotá, Colombia.
person Gianpiero Fiorentino
schoolUniversidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Bogotá, Colombia.Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombiaBogotá, ColombiaUniversidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Bogotá, Colombia.
person Mayron E. Escárraga
schoolUniversidad del Magdalena, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Programa de Biología, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.Universidad del MagdalenaColombiaSanta Marta, Magdalena, ColombiaUniversidad del Magdalena, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Programa de Biología, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.
person Fernando Fernández
schoolUniversidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Bogotá, Colombia.Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombiaBogotá, ColombiaUniversidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Bogotá, Colombia.
person Roberto J. Guerrero
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schoolUniversidad del Magdalena, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Programa de Biología, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.Universidad del MagdalenaColombiaSanta Marta, Magdalena, ColombiaUniversidad del Magdalena, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Programa de Biología, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.schoolUniversidad del Magdalena, Centro de Colecciones Científicas, Colecciones Biológicas, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.Universidad del MagdalenaColombiaSanta Marta, Magdalena, ColombiaUniversidad del Magdalena, Centro de Colecciones Científicas, Colecciones Biológicas, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.
Author Contributions
Emira I. García contributed in the preparation of the manuscript, as well as to the identification of several ant species and the collection of distribution data from museums and biological collections. Also, she critically reviewed the different versions of this manuscript, incorporating arguments and hypotheses contained in the latter.
María C. Tocora contributed to the preparation of the manuscript, as well as to the identification of ant species and the collection of distribution data from museums and biological collections. She reviewed and corrected the different versions of this manuscript.
Gian P. Fiorentino contributed to the preparation of the manuscript, as well as to the identification of ant species and the collection of distribution data from museums and biological collections. He reviewed and corrected the different versions of this manuscript.
Fernando Fernández contributed to the preparation of the manuscript, as well as to the identification of ant species and the collection of distribution data from museums and biological collections. He reviewed and corrected the different versions of this manuscript.
Mayron E. Escárraga contributed in the preparation of the manuscript, as well as in the identification of some ant species. He was responsible for managing electronic resources to calculate geographic distances and to refine the geographic coordinates of all records; he critically revised the first draft and the final version of the manuscript.
Roberto J. Guerrero contributed substantially in the preparation of the manuscript, as well as to the identification of several ant species and the collection of distribution data from museums and biological collections. He wrote and added intellectual arguments and hypotheses contained in the manuscript; moreover, critically reviewed and corrected the different versions of this one.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors of this manuscript declare that they have no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript. Likewise, each of them agrees with the opinions contained in this manuscript.