INVENTORY OF FAUNA OF ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION FLORISTIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY OF UNION OF VICTORIA, PARANA, BRAZIL
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Formicidae, Dorymyrmex brunneusAbstract
In order to know and compare the distribution of communities of arboreal Formicidae space in the Union of Victoria city (26 ° 14'33 S, 3 "W 51 08'50''), there were field collections in From October 2005 to October 2006 using the modified Mcphail traps. At the end of 53 samples, we obtained 60,162 specimens, belonging to 27 species, 14 genera, 11 tribes and 5 subfamilies. The tribes that stood out in number of species were Camponotini with six, four and Pheidolini Pseudomyrmecini, Ponerini, Crematogastrini three. Pseudomyrmex flavidulus (Fr. Smith, 1858), Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius, 1804), Pseudomyrmex sp1, sp1 Linepithema, Dorymyrmex brunneus (Forel, 1908), Pachycondyla villosa, Pheidole sp1, sp3, sp4, Cephalotes pusillus (Klug, 1804), Crematogaster corticicolous, Crematogaster sp1, sp2, Camponotus diversipalpos (Santschi, 1922), Camponotus rufipes (Fabricius, 1775), Camponotus sp1, sp2, sp3, Paratrechina fulva (Mayr, 1862), Camponotus crassus (Mayr, 1862) were found in 100 % of samples, Dorymyrmex brunneus species that stood out in number, with 53,335 specimens.Downloads
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2012-04-24
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