A preliminary checklist of the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) fauna of Senegal

Abstract

This work presents the first checklist of the ant species of Senegal, based on a review of the literature and on recent thorough sampling in Senegalese orchard agrosystems during rainy and dry seasons. Eighty-nine species belonging to 31 genera and 9 subfamilies of Formicidae are known. The most speciose genera were Monomorium Mayr, 1855, and Camponotus Mayr, 1861, with 13 and 12 species, respectively. The fresh collection yielded 31 species recorded for the first time in Senegal, including two undescribed species. The composition of the ant fauna reflects the fact that Senegal is in intermediate ecozone between North Africa and sub-Saharan areas, with some species previously known only from distant locations, such as Sudan.

Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography

“…Anochetus sedilloti was originally described from Tunisia and has been recorded from KSA, India, and North Africa (Collingwood 1985). It is widespread in the Sahel area of Africa (Taylor et al 2016;Diame et al 2017). The genus is first recorded from Oman by the new species Anochetus annetteae Sharaf, 2017.…”

Checklist and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) within an ecologi-cally diverse southern African ecoregion: Eswatini

“…Ants are a significant component of biomass in terrestrial ecosystems but are notoriously known as pests (Bharti et al 2016;Csősz et al 2021). However, they are one of the most ecologically important groups, providing various ecosystem services and thus contribute to the integrity of ecosystems; services include biological control through predation and scavenging, nutrient recycling, soil turning and pollination, elevating them to be of ecological and conservation importance (Folgarait 1998;Andersen et al 2004;Diamé et al 2017;Mauda et al 2017). • J. Insect Biodiversity 41 (1) © 2023 Magnolia Press With the compilation of checklists, there is proper species identification and this provides a foundation for literature and databases on biological diversity.…”