New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico

By

Aguilar-Méndez, Mario J.
Rosas-Mejía, Madai
Vásquez-Bolaños, Miguel
González-Hernández, Gloria Angélica
Janda, Milan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-05-10

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

9

Pages

1--24

Subjects

Distribution , Formicidae , Nearctic , Neotropical , regionalisation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60630
eLocator: e60630

 

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.<br> 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.