Additions to the taxonomy of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southern grasslands of Brazil

Abstract

The ant genus Pheidole is the most species-rich lineage of ants in the world and one of the dominant organisms in tropical regions. However, the knowledge of Pheidole diversity in the southern half of the Neotropical Region is fragmentary. Here, we offer contributions to the Pheidole taxonomy considering the species that occur in the grassland formations of South Brazil. The following species are revived from synonymy: P.

Hexapoda Yearbook (Arthropoda: Mandibulata: Pancrustacea) Brazil 2020: the first annual production survey of new Brazilian species

“…A total of 680 new Brazilian species of Hexapoda were described in 2020, which are distributed among 245 genera, 112 families and 18 orders. These new species were published in a total of 219 papers (alencar & aZevedo 2020;almeida et al 2020aalvarado 2020;alveS et al 2020;ament et al 2020;amorim et al 2020;antuneS & takiya 2020;araujo & bravo 2020;Ávila Júnior et al 2020;baker & Haraty 2020;barboSa et al 2020;barbut 2020;barroS et al 2020abravo et al 2020;bellini et al 2020abenetti et al 2020abevilaqua & fonSeca 2020;biffi 2020biffi , biffi & GeiSer 2020braGa & ferreira-jr 2020;brown et al 2020;buSanello et al 2020;camacHo et al 2020;camarGo et al 2020;camarGoS et al 2020;camPaner & will 2020;camPoS et al 2020;caron et al 2020;carvalHo et al 2020;caSadei-ferreira et al 2020;caStro-HuertaS et al 2020;caStro-SouZa et al 2020acaterino & tiSHecHkin 2020;ceGolin et al 2020;cHaul 2020;ciPola et al 2020;clarkSon et al 2020;conStantini et al 2020;coSta et al 2020;curletti 2020;…”