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Lost in the city: discovery of the rare ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Macau with description of Leptanilla macauensis sp. nov 迷失在城市中:在澳门发现稀有蚁属薄翅蚁(膜翅目:蚁科)及薄翅蚁的描述

IF 0.8 4区农林科学

Asian Myrmecology Pub Date : 2018-01-31 DOI: 10.20362/AM.010001

Chi-Man Leong, S. Yamane, B. Guénard

引用次数: 12

Ants in the city, a preliminary checklist of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) in Macau, one of the most heavily urbanized regions of the world 城市中的蚂蚁——世界上城市化程度最高的地区之一——澳门蚁科(膜翅目)的初步清单

IF 0.8 4区农林科学

Asian Myrmecology Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.20362/AM.009014

Leong Chi‐Man, Shiao Shiuh‐Feng, B. Guénard

{"title":"Ants in the city, a preliminary checklist of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) in Macau, one of the most heavily urbanized regions of the world","authors":"Leong Chi‐Man, Shiao Shiuh‐Feng, B. Guénard","doi":"10.20362/AM.009014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20362/AM.009014","url":null,"abstract":"Macau is a small territory in South East China and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. Previous studies on insect groups have shown that a relatively diverse, yet specific, fauna could still survive in this region. However, to this point, studies on the myrmecofauna of Macau are scarce and to date no species checklist exists. Here, we present the first checklist of Macanese ant species by combining results from recent ant surveys using handcollections and Winkler extractors with published records. During the surveys, 82 species and morphospecies belonging to 37 genera and 8 subfamilies have been collected, with 37 species representing new records for Macau, including an interesting new record of an undescribed Leptanilla species, the second record of the Leptanillinae subfamily for South East China. To date, Macanese ants comprise 105 species/morphospecies and 8 subspecies, after the removal of dubious records present in the literature (though some misidentifications may remain). While still likely incomplete, these results represent the most comprehensive list of ants for Macau, and a baseline for future research on ant diversity in heavily urbanized environments and for understanding the potential consequences of urbanization on native and non-native diversity in Asia.","PeriodicalId":51228,"journal":{"name":"Asian Myrmecology","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86900106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 17

A Checklist of known ant species of Laos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 老挝已知蚁种名录(膜翅目:蚁科)

IF 0.8 4区农林科学

Asian Myrmecology Pub Date : 2016-09-07 DOI: 10.20362/AM.008019

W. Jaitrong, B. Guénard, E. Economo, N. Buddhakala, S. Yamane

引用次数: 14

Descriptions of a new species and the gyne in the rarely collected arboreal genera Paratopula and Rotastruma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Hong Kong, with a discussion on their ecology 罕见的香港树栖副蜂属和轮蜂属(膜翅目:蚁科)一新种记述及其分布及其生态学探讨

IF 0.8 4区农林科学

Asian Myrmecology Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.20362/AM.008016

Yingxue Luo, B. Guénard

引用次数: 6

Comparing different methods to assess weaver ant abundance in plantation trees 人工林中织蚁丰度评价方法的比较

IF 0.8 4区农林科学

Asian Myrmecology Pub Date : 2015-08-15 DOI: 10.20362/AM.007017

R. Wargui, J. Offenberg, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, D. Kossou, J. Vayssières

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引用次数: 7

Simopone yunnanensis sp. nov. – the first record of Simopone Forel, 1891 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Cerapachyinae) 云南野蜂属(Simopone yunnanensis sp. nov.) - 1891年中国野蜂属首次记录(膜翅目，蚁科，蠓科)

IF 0.8 4区农林科学

Asian Myrmecology Pub Date : 2015-08-15 DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.29220

Zhilin Chen, Shan-yi Zhou, Liwei Liang

引用次数: 2