Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from an Amazonian fragmented landscape, Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with new records of ant species

Authors

  • Ricardo Eduardo Vicente Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Centro de Tecnologia na Amazônia (CETAM), Laboratório de Biologia Vegetal. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Instituto de Biociências (IB), Centro de Biodiversidade, Laboratório de Ecologia de Comunidades. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2640-2537
  • Alexandre Casadei Ferreira Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Departamento de Zoologia (DZOO), Laboratório de Sistemática e Biologia de Formigas (LSBF). http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2977-8348
  • Rogério Conceição Lima dos Santos Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Instituto de Biociências (IB), Centro de Biodiversidade. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5772-8188
  • Lívia Pires do Prado Museu Paraense “Emílio Goeldi” (MPEG), Coordenação de Ciências da Terra e Ecologia (CCTE), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia (PPGZOOL), Laboratório de Morfologia e Ecologia Funcional de Formigas. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1819-8767

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.40

Keywords:

Distibution, Neotropical fauna, Pitfall trap, Sampling method, Species inventories

Abstract

The state of Mato Grosso is the 3rd largest Brazilian state, is covered with three major Brazilian biomes, including the Pantanal, Cerrado, and Amazonia. To date, 449 ant species are recorded in literature for the state. In the present work, we documented the ants sampled along a fragmented landscape, in the municipality of Juara, in the Cerrado-Amazon transition zone in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The ant species were captured with Pitfall traps installed in 20 trails with 10 traps in each (totaling 200). Our results show 151 species, belonging to 43 genera and eight subfamilies, of which 28 species were recorded for the first time in the state and five species recorded for the first time in Brazil. Most genera collected were Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (45 species) followed by Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (11 species). By highlighting species recorded for the first time in state of Mato Grosso and Brazil, we hope to encourage new discoveries and increase the general knowledge of the ant fauna of different biomes in the region.

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Author Biographies

  • Ricardo Eduardo Vicente, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Centro de Tecnologia na Amazônia (CETAM), Laboratório de Biologia Vegetal. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Instituto de Biociências (IB), Centro de Biodiversidade, Laboratório de Ecologia de Comunidades.

    Campus II, Avenida Perimetral Rogério Silva, s/nº, Jardim Flamboyant, CEP 78580‑000, Alta Floresta, MT, Brasil.
    Avenida Fernando Correa da Costa, 2.367, Coxipó, CEP 78060‑900, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil.

  • Alexandre Casadei Ferreira, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Departamento de Zoologia (DZOO), Laboratório de Sistemática e Biologia de Formigas (LSBF).

    Avenida Coronel Francisco Heráclito dos Santos, 100, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531‑980, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.

  • Rogério Conceição Lima dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Instituto de Biociências (IB), Centro de Biodiversidade.

    Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade (PPG‑ECB).
    Avenida Fernando Correa da Costa, 2.367, Coxipó, CEP 78060‑900, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil.

  • Lívia Pires do Prado, Museu Paraense “Emílio Goeldi” (MPEG), Coordenação de Ciências da Terra e Ecologia (CCTE), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia (PPGZOOL), Laboratório de Morfologia e Ecologia Funcional de Formigas.

    Avenida Perimetral, 1.901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077‑830, Belém, PA, Brasil.

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2018-10-02

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Vicente, R. E., Ferreira, A. C., Santos, R. C. L. dos, & Prado, L. P. do. (2018). Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from an Amazonian fragmented landscape, Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with new records of ant species. Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 58, e20185840. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.40