The Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oklahoma: new species records and distributional notes

By

Roeder, Karl
Roeder, Diane V.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-3-28

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

2071--6

Subjects

Ants , big-headed ant , Biodiversity , native species , new record , University of Oklahoma Biological Station

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2071

 

Abstract

Big-headed ants from the genus Pheidole (Hy­men­optera: Formicidae) are diverse and ecologically important world-wide. Here we report the first record in Oklahoma for two species, Pheidole pelor and Pheidole tysoni, increasing the number of known Pheidole species in Oklahoma to twelve. We highlight two areas, northwestern and southeastern Oklahoma, that may contain undocumented species based on their unique habitat, and stress the importance of surveying the regional fauna of these areas to create a proper baseline for monitoring the effects of environmental change.