Riqueza da fauna de formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) que habita as camadas superficiais do solo em Seara, Santa Catarina

Silva, Rogério Rosa da; Silvestre, Rogério

doi:10.1590/s0031-10492004000100001

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“…The use of complementary techniques of collection, even in well-sampled regions, reveals undiscovered species that occupy specialized niches in communities, and is therefore highly recommended. The subterranean ant fauna, for example, has a potentially high richness (Longino & Colwell 1997) and is almost unknown in the state, about which there has been only one recent paper (Silva & Silvestre 2004). The subterranean ant fauna has great potential for revealing taxonomic novelties, and the few subterranean species recorded so far represent incidental cases of specimens visiting the surface.…”

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“…As a result, all individuals remain identified as morphospecies, which are useful for a number of other studies, but add little to the taxonomic knowledge in the form of ant species lists. A clear example is the Solenopsis, with only 10 species/ subspecies recorded for Santa Catarina, but with a greater number of morphospecies found in recent studies (Silva & Silvestre 2004;Rosumek et al 2008). Certainly, the richness and distribution of species of these genera are underestimated in the present list, a problem common to all listings of ants.…”

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Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities

Ulysséa¹,

Cereto²,

Rosumek³

et al. 2011

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities. A first working list of ant species registered in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil was published recently. Since then, many studies with ants have been conducted in the state. With data compiled from published studies and collections in various regions of the state, we present here an updated list of 366 species (and 17 subspecies) in 70 ant genera in Santa Catarina, along with their geographical distribution in the seven state mesoregions. Two hundred and seven species are recorded in the Oeste mesoregion, followed by Vale do Itajaí (175), Grande Florianópolis (150), Norte (60), Sul (41), Meio Oeste (23) and Planalto Serrano (12). The increase in the number of records since 1999 results from the use of recently adopted sampling methods and techniques in regions and ecosystems poorly known before, and from the availability of new tools for the identification of ants. Our study highlights the Meio Oeste, Planalto Serrano, Sul and Norte mesoregions, as well as the deciduous forest, mangrove, grassland and coastal sand dune ecosystems as priority study areas in order to attain a more complete knowledge of the ant fauna in Santa Catarina State.
Lista atualizada das espécies de formigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) registradas no Estado de Santa Catarina, sul do Brasil, com discussão sobre avanços e prioridades na pesquisa. Uma lista de espécies de formigas registradas em Santa Catarina foi publicada recentemente. Desde então, diversos estudos com formigas foram realizados em várias regiões do Estado. Neste trabalho, compilamos os dados de trabalhos publicados e de coletas avulsas, e apresentamos uma lista atualizada das espécies de formigas, com menção à distribuição geográfica nas sete mesorregiões de Santa Catarina. São registradas atualmente 366 espécies (e 17 subespécies) de formigas em 70 gêneros no território do Estado de Santa Catarina, sendo que a região Oeste apresenta o maior número de registros (207 espécies), seguida do Vale do Itajaí (175), Grande Florianópolis (150), Norte (60), Sul (41), Meio Oeste (23) e Planalto Serrano (12). O aumento no número de registros em relação à lista de 1999 deve-se principalmente à incorporação recente de métodos de coleta diferenciados e à realização de coletas em regiões e ecossistemas outrora subamostrados, além da disponibilidade de novas ferramentas de identificação. Nosso estudo aponta as mesorregiões Meio Oeste, Planalto Serrano, Sul e Norte, assim como os ecossistemas Florestas Estacionais Deciduais, Mangues, Campos e Restingas, como prioritárias para o aperfeiçoamento do banco de dados da mirmecofauna catarinense

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confidence: 99%

Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities

Ulysséa¹,

Cereto²,

Rosumek³

et al. 2011

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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“…The species that spend most of their life cycles inside the soil, called here subterraneous, seldom visit the surface and represent one of the new frontiers in myrmecology, as this is the relatively less known segment of the fauna and so has the potential to reveal relevant new taxa (Silva & Silvestre, 2004). For instance, an exclusively underground ant, Dolopomyrmex pilatus, was recently discovered in Southwestern United States (Cover & Deyrup, 2007).…”

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“…For instance, an exclusively underground ant, Dolopomyrmex pilatus, was recently discovered in Southwestern United States (Cover & Deyrup, 2007). In the Neotropical region, subterraneous ant guilds are composed mostly by the Cerapachyinae, most Ecitoninae and Leptanilloidinae, certain species of Myrmicinae that either live and forage exclusively in the deeper layers of soil (Tranopelta, for instance), and the relatively very small hypogaeic Carebara and some Solenopsis, which are also very frequent in the upper layers of soil (Silva & Silvestre, 2004).…”

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“…The techniques currently in use for the collection of hypogaeic ants are subterranean baited pitfall traps (Brandão et al, in press), subterranean baits (Silvestre, 2000;Morini et al, 2004), cylindrical probes (Ryder Wilkie et al, 2007), baited sieve buckets (using palm oil, tuna and cookies) (Berghoff et al, 2003), and soil submitted to Winkler extractor (Silva & Silvestre, 2004). However, these techniques reach relatively small depths, except for the cylindrical probes which can sample ants up to one meter below the surface soil.…”

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