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New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico
- Source :
- Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 9, Iss, Pp 1-24 (2021), Biodiversity Data Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Pensoft Publishers, 2021.
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Abstract
- Ants (Formicidae) in Mexico have usually been undersampled despite their ecological significance and their utility as environmental service providers and bioindicators. This study estimates the species richness and the narrow endemic species number of ants across Mexico. It also documents the presence of one species newly recorded in Mexico and 19 new state-based records of 14 species from central and north Mexico. No surveys have been performed in most of the localities where we report those records, suggesting the need for a higher sampling effort across the country. We present an ant species richness estimation and a narrow endemic ant species estimation in a grid of 0.5 degrees in Mexico. Stenamma schmitii is recorded for the first time from Mexico. Additionally, new state-based records of Azteca velox, Dorymyrmex insanus, Camponotus coruscus, Camponotus striatus, Formica propatula, Lasius latipes, Neivamyrmex melanocephalus, Neivamyrmex rugulosus, Syscia augustae, Atta texana, Cephalotes scutulatus, Crematogaster crinosa and Temnothorax andrei are recorded.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Cephalotes scutulatus
Nearctic
QH301-705.5
Dorymyrmex insanus
Biodiversity & Conservation
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Stenamma
distribution
Biology (General)
Endemism
Mexico
Formicidae
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology
Temnothorax
biology
biology.organism_classification
Neotropical
Azteca
010602 entomology
Geography
Biogeography
Neivamyrmex
Species richness
Taxonomic Paper
regionalisation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13142828
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Biodiversity Data Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....944e69124624bb0fd5d6df9d9c12a06b