In relation to the scientific paper “New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Colombia”, with DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2020-1088 published in Biota Neotropica, 2020;20(4) the authors are restoring to Dr. María Cristina Gallego the rights of possession of the information associated to three reported species: Pheidole bruchi Forel, 1914; Pheidole kuna Wilson, 2003, and Leptogenys rasila Lattke, 2011. Dr. Gallego and her working group at Universidad del Cauca, collected the specimens that were included in the aforementioned publication. Although there was collaboration between the authors of the article and the working group at Universidad del Cauca in the taxonomic identification of the specimens, at no time there was explicit authorization from the latter to use the information for publication.

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