Southernmost record and new habitat type for Eurhopalothrix bruchi (Santschi, 1922) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Sierra de La Ventana (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

By

Santoandré, Santiago
Bellocq, María Isabel.
Filloy, Julieta

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-8-2

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1939--5

Subjects

Ants , Argentina , Attini , Distributional range , new record , pitfall trap

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1939

 

Abstract

We report a new record of Eurhopalothrix bruchi(Santschi, 1922) from a mountain system in central-eastern Argentina. This is the southernmost record for the species, and the first reported from grassland habitats. One worker was collected in a pitfall trap during a survey of the myrmecofauna in Ernesto Tornquist Provincial Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina (38°03ʹ41ʺ S, 061°59ʹ18ʺ W; 700 m above sea level), in the summer of 2012–2013. We compile previous records in the Neotropics of this species and update the current geographical distribution.