Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America

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Autor(a) principal: Pazmiño-Palomino,Alex
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Troya,Adrian
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262022000200203
Resumo: ABSTRACT Despite its small territory Ecuador hosts a remarkable biological diversity. Paradoxically, its prominent insect richness has been poorly studied and is usually underestimated in biodiversity inventories. Ants are a major component of such richness. With the aim of promoting myrmecological research, we present 20 new ant records for the country belonging to nine genera and six subfamilies. The species Tapinoma ramulorum inrectum Forel is recorded for the first time in South America. We provide brief taxonomic diagnoses and general comments for all species. Our results expand on the records of Formicidae species previously informed for Ecuador and stress the importance of scientific reference collections as biodiversity repositories.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America
title Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America
spellingShingle Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America
Pazmiño-Palomino,Alex
Biological collections
First record
Formicidae
Neotropical realm
Yasuní
title_short Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America
title_full Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America
title_fullStr Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America
title_full_unstemmed Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America
title_sort Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America
author Pazmiño-Palomino,Alex
author_facet Pazmiño-Palomino,Alex
Troya,Adrian
author_role author
author2 Troya,Adrian
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pazmiño-Palomino,Alex
Troya,Adrian
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Biological collections
First record
Formicidae
Neotropical realm
Yasuní
topic Biological collections
First record
Formicidae
Neotropical realm
Yasuní
description ABSTRACT Despite its small territory Ecuador hosts a remarkable biological diversity. Paradoxically, its prominent insect richness has been poorly studied and is usually underestimated in biodiversity inventories. Ants are a major component of such richness. With the aim of promoting myrmecological research, we present 20 new ant records for the country belonging to nine genera and six subfamilies. The species Tapinoma ramulorum inrectum Forel is recorded for the first time in South America. We provide brief taxonomic diagnoses and general comments for all species. Our results expand on the records of Formicidae species previously informed for Ecuador and stress the importance of scientific reference collections as biodiversity repositories.
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