&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Taylor, B. G.; Agoinon, Norbert; Sinzogan, Antonio Alain Coffi; Adandonon, Appolinaire; Kouagou, Yomma N’Da; Bello, S. S.; Wargui, Rosine; Anato, Florence M.; Ouagoussounon, Issa; Houngbo, Hermance; Tchibozo, S.; Todjihoundé, Raymond; Vayssières, Jean‐François

doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2

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“…Indeed, a huge number of invertebrate species are being used as bioindicators including beetles [25,26,27,28], butterflies [28,29,30], ants [31,32,33] as well as termites [34]. Ants (Formicidae) have been used to monitor changes in various ecosystems such as grassland [33], mountains [35], rainforest [36], tropical forest [37], arboreal plantation such as mango [38], cocoa [39], teak [40]. Beside ants, termites are also candidate as ecosystem monitoring tool [34,41,42] and in specific cases both can be quite good bioindicators.…”

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Diversity of Ants and Termites of the Botanical Garden of the University of Lomé, Togo

Kasseney

N’tie

Nuto

et al. 2019

Insects

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Ants and termites are used as bioindicators in many ecosystems. Little knowledge is available about them in Togo, especially ants. This study aimed to find out how ants and termites could be used to assess the restoration of former agricultural land. These insect groups were sampled within six transects of 50 x 2m2 (using pitfall traps, monoliths, baits for ants and hand sampling for termites) in two consecutive habitats: open area (grassland) and covered area (an artificial forest). Seventeen termite species and 43 ant species were collected. Seven ant species were specific to the covered area against four for the open area, while four unshared species of termite were found in the open area against three in the covered area. The presence of unshared species was linked to vegetation, as Trinervitermes (Holmgren, 1912), a grass feeding termite, was solely found in open area. Also, for some ant species like Cataulacus traegaordhi (Santschi, 1914), Crematogaster (Lund, 1831) species, Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802) and Tetraponera mocquerysi (Brown, 1960), all arboreal species, vegetation was a determining factor for their presence. The occurrence of these species together with Basidentitermes mactus (Sjöstedt, 1911), Strumigenys bernardi (Brown, 1960) and S. sistrura (Bolton, 1983), suggest a more advanced level of restoration of the covered area.

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Diversity of Ants and Termites of the Botanical Garden of the University of Lomé, Togo

Kasseney

N’tie

Nuto

et al. 2019

Insects

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“…Project planning comes first before all things and it is the best raison detretechnique for determining in advance on what is to do before it is done, in people-centred developmentprojects.Without proper project planning everything would fail to achieve the projected objectives and expected goals (Amadi, 2017;Storrs, 1949). For instance, a study in Benin revealed that mango farmers should always anticipate and plan for unknown eventualities and uncertainties that can affect mango farm ecosystems; as exemplified in 22 species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna found in mangoproduction (Taylor, Norbert Sinzogan, Adandonon, Kouagou, Bello, Wargui, Anato, Ouagoussounon, Houngbo, Tchibozo, Todjihounde and Jean-François, 2018).…”

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“…Participatory project planning is able to influence the performance of mango farming projects in different environmental setups and situations. For instance, the planning role of arboreal Oecophyllalonginoda (weaver ants), being a key method of conservative biological control activities, as they can be used against mango fruit flies promoted to mango growers; with this knowledge of the ant fauna of the remarkably poor in Benin,could be compared with the other countries in the sub-Saharan Africa as a prerequisite for planning intervention (Taylor et al, 2018). Project planning plays a major role in having robust implemented projects that lead to improved mango performance.…”

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Participatory Project Planning and Performance of Mango Farming Projects in Makueni County, Kenya

Kisumbi¹,

Mulwa²,

Mbugua³

2021

ijird

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The purpose of this article is to create awareness of the need for a robust mango policy and practice paradigm shift from traditional planning methods to participatory project planning, to enhance performance. It is based on an empirical scientific research for PhD thesis carried out in Makueni County Kenya, focusing on the influence of participatory project planning and performance of mango farming projects. Project Management theory formed the basis that guided the study, descriptive cross-sectional study design was used whilepragmatism research paradigm which uses mixed method approach was adopted. A sample of 375 respondents was selected from a population of 12,622 mango farmers using multistage sampling technique. Data was collected using both self-administered questionnaires and interview of 15 key informants. Both descriptive and inferential data analysis techniques were applied. Null hypothesis which stated that, there is no significant relationship between participatory project planning and performance of mango farming projects was tested through F-test and correlation. The findings showed that there existed a statistically significant correlation between the two variables at 95% confident levels with Df (2,367), F=2.402, t=1.469, p=0.000<0.05, r= 0.339 and R 2 = 0.115. It was concluded that there was significant relationship between participatory project planning and performance of mango farming projects and the null hypothesis was rejected since it was not supported by the results. Based on the findings this article recommends that, in order to improve performance, participatory project planning considerations supported by an appropriate iterative combination of planning measures which are inherent along the project management life cycle.Participatory project planning should always be embraced in crafting of policy for optimal practice directions, to enhance performance.

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A checklist of Nigerian ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): a review, new records and exotic species

Jimoh,

Gómez,

Kemabonta

et al. 2024

BDJ

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Ants are one of the most ubiquitous, widespread and abundant groups of animals on Earth. They are eusocial and are well noted for their important ecosystem services such as nutrient recycling, seed dispersal, engaging in mutualistic associations with other organisms, as well as serving as predators and scavengers. Although Africa has been recognised as a global hotspot for ant diversity, African ant genera are not as well-known when compared with other regions. The last checklist of Nigerian ants was compiled and published in the 1970s. To contribute to new knowledge on West African ant genera and Nigeria in particular, we conducted a review of the ant species of Nigeria using 132 scientific publications mostly compiled in the database www.antmaps.org, along with a survey of ant species of Lagos and Oyo States in Nigeria which was conducted between 2018 and 2020. The study aimed to ascertain the diversity of Nigerian ant genera, as well as to confirm the presence of previously recorded species and add new species to the current checklist of Nigerian ants, based on the 1970 survey. As many as 106 species were recorded from the survey in the current study, of which 28 are new to Nigeria and additional 28 are identified to the morphospecies level. In total, 317 species from 10 subfamilies and 64 genera are now recorded from Nigeria, including 11 invasive ants, of which six are new to Nigeria. The following eleven species that were included in the 1970 checklist were excluded from the current list, mostly due to previous misidentifications: Aenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901; Anochetus jonesi Arnold, 1926; Camponotus barbarossa micipsa Wheeler, 1992; Camponotus foraminosus dorsalis Santschi, 1926; Camponotus rufoglaucus (Jerdon, 1851); Cardiocondyla zoserka Bolton, 1982; Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767); Odontomachus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1758); Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, 1861); Tetramorium decem Forel, 1913 and Tetraponera penzigi (Mayr, 1907).

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<p><strong>Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem</strong></p>

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Diversity of Ants and Termites of the Botanical Garden of the University of Lomé, Togo

Diversity of Ants and Termites of the Botanical Garden of the University of Lomé, Togo

Participatory Project Planning and Performance of Mango Farming Projects in Makueni County, Kenya

A checklist of Nigerian ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): a review, new records and exotic species

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