TY - JOUR
T1 - Species list of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera
T2 - Formicidae) in the nhecolândia, pantanal, mato grosso do sul, brazil
AU - Martins, Mila Ferraz de Oliveira
AU - Nickele, Mariane Aparecida
AU - Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado
AU - Pie, Marcio Roberto
AU - Reis-Filho, Wilson
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Confedera??o da Agricultura e Pecu?ria do Brasil (CNA) for financial support, and the Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecu?ria (EMBRAPA) for granting the study area. MFOM would like to thank Alexandre Casadei Ferreira, and Thiago S.R. da Silva for our friendship and for reading and contributing to the manuscript. The authors thank the two anonimous reviewers and Monica Uliss?a (second reviewer) which greatly contributed to the improvement of this paper. In ?normal? times it is difficult to be a reviewer, and in a pandemic period this task becomes even more arduous. Thank you very much for your disposal.
Funding Information:
We thank the Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA) for financial support, and the Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA) for granting the study area. MFOM would like to thank Alexandre Casadei Ferreira, and Thiago S.R. da Silva for our friendship and for reading and contributing to the manuscript. The authors thank the two anonimous reviewers and Monica Ulisséa (second reviewer) which greatly contributed to the improvement of this paper. In “normal” times it is difficult to be a reviewer, and in a pandemic period this task becomes even more arduous. Thank you very much for your disposal.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study provides a list of the ground-dwelling ant species in Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Mato Grosso Sul, Brazil. The Pantanal is the largest tropical wetland in the world and is currently under strong anthropic pressure. Ground-dwelling ants were collected in three sites: (1) a forest regeneration area; (2) a pasture area; and (3) an area of secondary native vegetation. In each site, 120 samples were collected using pitfall traps in the dry and rainy seasons of 2016. Additional samplings were performed with Winkler extractors (30 leaf-litter samples) and manually, also in dry and rainy seasons of 2016. In total, we collected 172 species, which, summed with the additional records from literature, raise the number of ant species recorded in Nhecolândia to 184 in 42 genera and nine subfamilies. Eleven species were recorded for the first time in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Also, the survey adds two new species records to Brazil. Besides contributing to the inventory of the ant species present in the Pantanal biome, the present study provides an important resource for future conservation plans for this threatened ecoregion.
AB - This study provides a list of the ground-dwelling ant species in Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Mato Grosso Sul, Brazil. The Pantanal is the largest tropical wetland in the world and is currently under strong anthropic pressure. Ground-dwelling ants were collected in three sites: (1) a forest regeneration area; (2) a pasture area; and (3) an area of secondary native vegetation. In each site, 120 samples were collected using pitfall traps in the dry and rainy seasons of 2016. Additional samplings were performed with Winkler extractors (30 leaf-litter samples) and manually, also in dry and rainy seasons of 2016. In total, we collected 172 species, which, summed with the additional records from literature, raise the number of ant species recorded in Nhecolândia to 184 in 42 genera and nine subfamilies. Eleven species were recorded for the first time in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Also, the survey adds two new species records to Brazil. Besides contributing to the inventory of the ant species present in the Pantanal biome, the present study provides an important resource for future conservation plans for this threatened ecoregion.
KW - Ant sampling
KW - Conservation
KW - Diversity
KW - Epigaeic ants
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U2 - 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.81
DO - 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.81
M3 - Article (journal)
AN - SCOPUS:85118626925
SN - 0031-1049
VL - 61
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia
JF - Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia
M1 - e20216181
ER -