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 Camponotus striatus (Smith F., 1862) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence : lifeStage: adult ; reproductiveCondition: non-reproductive; Taxon : kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Camponotus ; scientificNameAuthorship: Smith F. , 1862); Location : country: Mexico ; stateProvince: Nuevo Leon ; locality: Cumbres (Estanzuela) ; verbatimElevation: 628.7 m ; decimalLatitude: 25.55598 ; decimalLongitude: -100.26521 ; Identification : identifiedBy: Aguilar-Mendez M.J. ; Rosas-Mejia M. ; Vasquez-Bolanos M. ; Event : samplingProtocol: Hand collecting ; year: 2016; month: 9; day: 1; habitat: submontane shrubland Distribution Camponotus striatus (Smith F., 1862) were found in the Estanzuela locality of the Cumbres mountain system near Monterrey, Nuevo Leon (amt is 20.3 °C and 55.6 mm/cm2 of amp) in a submontane shrubland. The species are distributed throughout Central and South America. In Mexico, they can be found from the Yucatan Peninsula to Tamaulipas, including in the Pacific coastal States of Jalisco and Nayarit. Biology Camponotus striatus has been found nesting inside logs and twigs in forests and coffee plantations in Chiapas at altitudes ranging from 650-900 m a.s.l. ( De la Mora et al. 2015 ).