New State-Wide Records of Ant Species Collected in Tizatlan Botanical Garden, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico

With the goal of increasing the known myrmecofauna of the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico, specimens were collected in soil and shrub vegetation using different collecting techniques. Seventeen species belonging to 14 genera, 10 tribes and 5 subfamilies are reported for the first time increasing the total...

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Published inThe Florida entomologist Vol. 97; no. 4; pp. 1845 - 1847
Main Authors Landero-Torres, Ivonne, García-Martínez, Miguel Á, Galindo-Tovar, María Elena, Leyva-Ovalle, Otto Raúl, Lee-Espinosa, Hilda Eulalia, Murguía-González, Joaquín, Negrín-Ruiz, Jaime
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lutz Florida Entomological Society 01.12.2014
The Florida Entomological Society
Subjects
Ants
Arboreta
Botanical gardens
common species
Entomology
especies comunes
estudios faunísticos
faunistic studies
Formicidae
Genera
Identification and classification
Insect ecology
Insect taxonomy
methodology
mirmecofauna
myrmecofauna
Plants
Puebla-Tlaxcala valley
Scientific Notes
Shrublands
shrubs
soil
valle Puebla-Tlaxcala
Vegetation
Mexico
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Summary:With the goal of increasing the known myrmecofauna of the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico, specimens were collected in soil and shrub vegetation using different collecting techniques. Seventeen species belonging to 14 genera, 10 tribes and 5 subfamilies are reported for the first time increasing the total number of species known to occur in Tlaxcala to 20, genera to 17, and tribes to 12. These results demonstrate the scarcity of knowledge regarding the myrmecofauna of Tlaxcala state. Systematic sampling is recommended to further the knowledge of species inhabiting this region of Mexico.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1653%2F024.097.0464
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ISSN:0015-4040
1938-5102
DOI:10.1653/024.097.0464