New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico
Author
Aguilar-Mendez, Mario J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1550-0062
Departamento de Biologia, Division de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico & Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN), Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingenieria Campus Guanajuato (UPIIG), Silao de la Victoria, Guanajuato, Mexico
Author
Rosas-Mejia, Madai
Instituto de Ecologia Aplicada, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Author
Vasquez-Bolanos, Miguel
Entomologia, Departamento de Boatanica y Zoologia, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Author
Gonzalez-Hernandez, Gloria Angelica
Departamento de Biologia, Division de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Author
Janda, Milan
Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic & Catedras CONACYT, Laboratorio Nacional de Analisis y Sintesis Ecologica, ENES, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Morelia, Mexico
jandamil@gmail.com
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2021
2021-05-10
9
60630
60630
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60630
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60630
1314-2828-9-e60630
B5679B196D375F5B95C650A592DE15C0
Stenamma schmittii Wheeler, 1903
Materials
Type status:
Other material
.
Occurrence
:
lifeStage:
adult
; reproductiveCondition: non-reproductive;
Taxon
:
kingdom:
Animalia
; phylum:
Arthropoda
; class:
Insecta
; order:
Hymenoptera
; family:
Formicidae
; genus:
Stenamma
; scientificNameAuthorship:
Wheeler
, 1903;
Location
:
country:
Mexico
; stateProvince:
Guanajuato
; locality:
Rancho Coporo
; verbatimElevation:
2292 m
; decimalLatitude:
21.34138
; decimalLongitude:
-101.372
;
Identification
:
identifiedBy:
Aguilar-Mendez
M.J.
;
Rosas-Mejia
M.
;
Vasquez-Bolanos
M.
;
Event
:
samplingProtocol:
Hand
collecting
; year: 2017; month: 8; day: 13; habitat: secondary shrubland vegetation associated with an oak forest
Distribution
Stenamma schmittii
Wheeler, 1903 were found in a secondary shrubland vegetation associated with an oak forest near El Coporo, Guanajuato. The locality is at 15.3
°C
of amt and 46.25 mm/cm2 of amp. This species has been previously recorded only for U.S. and Canada. Previous records showed a distribution on the north-eastern part of U.S. Our record expands their known distribution by 2,200 km.
Biology
Stenamma schmittii
are predatory ants that can be found primarily in woodlands and live in dry to moist habitats. Nests are commonly found in the soil under stones, logs, rotten wood, leaf litter and other debris. Colonies have been found in altitudes from hundreds of metres to 1520 m a.s.l. (
Smith 1957
).