Título:	Species list of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Autoria:	MARTINS, M. F. de O. NICKELE, M. A. FEITOSA, R. M. PIE, M. R. REIS-FILHO, W.
Afiliação:	MILA FERRAZ DE OLIVEIRA MARTINS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ; MARIANE APARECIDA NICKELE, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ; RODRIGO MACHADO FEITOSA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ; MARCIO ROBERTO PIE, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ; WILSON REIS-FILHO, EPAGRI; EMBRAPA FLORESTAS.
Ano de publicação:	2021
Referência:	Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, v. 61, e20216181, 2021.
Conteúdo:	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.
NAL Thesaurus:	Natural resources conservation Biodiversity Pantanal Hymenoptera
ISSN:	1807-0205
Digital Object Identifier:	https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.81
Tipo do material:	Artigo de periódico
Acesso:	openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPF)